On October 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia has successfully tested its new nuclear-powered cruise missile "Haiyan" and will start deployment work.

The test time was delicate, coinciding with the announcement of the US-Russian summit and the White House sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies.

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On the 26th, Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gerasimov said that the test launch was carried out on October 21. The Haiyan missile continued to fly in the air for about 15 hours, with a flying distance of about 14,000 kilometers (not the limit), demonstrating "superb anti-missile and air defense evasion capabilities."

In a video conference, Putin said the "Haiyan" was a "unique weapon in the world" and had completed a "decisive test" and instructed the military to improve the infrastructure and prepare for the weapons to be put into use.

The "Haiyan" project was first made public in 2018. It uses nuclear-powered and portable nuclear warheads. It flies at an altitude of only 50 to 100 meters, far lower than conventional cruise missiles, and is extremely difficult for radar to detect.

Putin has referred to the ¡°Haiyan¡± range as ¡°almost unlimited¡± and ¡°the West has no means to defend such weapons.¡±

The United States has always been highly alert to "Haiyan".

According to the report of the Nuclear Threat Initiative of the United States, Haiyan can hover in the air for several days, evade the missile defense system and drop one (or more) nuclear warheads to unpredictable locations.

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Haiyan roadbed has a range of up to 20,000 kilometers and can strike U.S. targets from any location in Russia.

The U.S. Air Force's National Aerospace Intelligence Center believes that if the "Haiyan" missile is put into service, it will bring to Russia "unique weapons with intercontinental range capabilities".

However, some people in the West still question the performance of the "Haiyan" and believe that its research and development process problems are frequent and the design is faulty. For example, the body size is larger (more than 12 meters), the subsonic flight and the radioactivity of the tail gas can be detected. Therefore, even the deployment does not necessarily change the nuclear balance.

Russian military experts pointed out that the "Haiyan" was used to destroy enemy commandos, military bases, power plants and other "residual targets" after the launch of intercontinental missiles by the Russian side, which could allow the aggressor country to "return back to the Stone Age".

Notify the United States

On the same day, Russian Presidential Special Representative Dmitriyev, who was visiting the United States, confirmed that he had informed the Trump administration of the details of the successful test launch of Haiyan and the latest battlefield situation.

Dmitryev, the president of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and the special representative of the president, was invited to visit the United States on the 24th.

The purpose of the visit includes discussing how to advance bilateral dialogue with the U.S. side and promote the U.S. respect for Russian interests and Putin¡¯s relevant positions.

On the 24th, he said that the parties were "very close" to the diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian issue, and the Russian side was open to the future Ukraine's third-party "security guarantees".

However, Russia has always opposed NATO countries to deploy troops inside Ukraine.

Dmitryev also noted that some European countries deliberately disrupted the direct dialogue between Putin and Trump, but the two still ¡°may meet later.¡±

In the near future, members of the Russian State Duma will meet with members of the U.S. Congress.

Time is delicate.

The Russian test launch of the "Haiyan" time is impressive.

Sources said that Russia originally planned to test the missile before the summit between Putin and Trump in Alaska on August 15th, but it later seemed to be postponed.

On the 22nd, Putin had just hosted a "planned" strategic nuclear forces exercise. The Kremlin said all goals had been achieved.

Meanwhile, US-Russian relations are experiencing a breakdown.

On the 22nd, Trump announced the cancellation of the plan for the recent meeting of US-Russian leaders on the grounds that "the current meeting will not yield results".

On the same day, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Russia's two largest oil companies. This is one of the most specific sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Russia so far.

The next day, the EU approved the 19th round of sanctions against Russia, adding 69 separate sanctions and multiple economic restrictions, mainly targeting Russia's energy, finance and military industries.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary peskov responded on the 26th that the recent actions taken by the United States are "extremely unfriendly" and have damaged the prospects for the recovery of Russia-US relations, but Russia will not give up its dialogue efforts.

He stressed that Putin values Trump¡¯s sincere desire to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but that this process cannot be ¡°finished overnight.¡±

Some analysts believe that the Russian president's special envoy to the United States "Haiyan" test missile delivered a clear message to Western countries: Moscow is willing to dialogue, but if the pressure of the West continues, Moscow has the ability to counteract.

(Editor's email: ylq@jfdaily.com)

Original title: "Russia took the initiative to inform the United States that the world's first nuclear-powered cruise missile" went into space "with almost unlimited range"

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