(Original title: The Russian Foreign Minister said that after the test of the seaweed, everyone was quiet)

Following the third Minsk Eurasian Security Conference, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that he had not received any official response via diplomatic channels regarding the "Haiyan" missile test, "everyone is quiet."

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What is the significance of Russia's successful test-launch of the "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missile to the Russian army?

A few days after the end of Russia's "Trinity" strategic nuclear forces exercise, heavy news was released-the successful test-firing of the "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missile with a flying range of 14,000 kilometers.

According to Xinhua news agency on October 27, TASS on the 26th that Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the inspection of a Russian Joint Forces cluster command station that the "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missile has completed "decisive testing".

The missile expert Li Vinseng said that Russia at this time announced the successful test of the "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missile was to transmit a signal to the United States: against the US anti-missile siege, Russia continued to make breakthroughs in the development of new nuclear weapons launching platforms, and Russia's strategic nuclear forces will continue to play an important role in safeguarding Russia's national security and global balance.

The Russian military previously announced the nuclear-powered cruise missile "Rain" but only released some details.

"The unique missile in the world"

The report said that during a meeting with Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gerasimov and various cluster commanders, Putin said that the "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missile is a "unique in the world" product and that there is still a lot of work to be done to put the weapon into use. Putin has ordered the preparation of the necessary infrastructure for the deployment of the Haiyan nuclear-powered cruise missile and clarified its weapon level and potential use.

Gerasimov reported to Putin that the "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missile completed a 14,000-kilometer test flight on October 21st, and did not reach the upper limit of the weapon's capabilities. The performance characteristics of the Haiyan nuclear-powered cruise missile enable it to guarantee "precision strikes against closely protected targets at almost any distance".

The "Haiyan" missile is a nuclear-powered cruise missile being developed by Russia, the biggest feature of which is that it uses nuclear power, has almost unlimited range, and is equipped with nuclear warheads, mainly used to carry out nuclear strike missions. It is said that this cruise missile is about 10 meters long, weighing up to 6 tons, can carry nuclear warheads, and may be powered by a small air-cooled nuclear reactor.

Russian President Vladimir Putin officially disclosed the existence of this weapon during his State of the Union address in 2018, which attracted great attention from the outside world. Putin said at the time that the "Haiyan" is currently the unique missile in the world. It has unlimited range and can evade according to the deployment of enemy anti-missile air defense systems. It is "almost invincible."

The Haiyan missile conducted its first land test at the end of 2017. Tests showed that the small reactor reached a predetermined power level during flight. US media reported at the time that the increase in nuclear radiation detected in northeastern Europe and Alaska in the United States since 2017 was related to the test launch of the Haiyan missile.

Judging from some photos released by Russia, the "Haiyan" missile uses a four-edged pointed arched warhead + a rectangular cross-section missile body, with a large aspect ratio upper wing in the middle. This aerodynamic layout helps to increase the range of the missile.

According to the American magazine Volkswagen Mechanics, the nuclear-powered missile can stay in the air for several days and orbit around the Earth if necessary, which allows it to easily circumvent the air defense zone and enter enemy airspace from any direction.

Li Wensheng told The Paper that for Russia, the most attractive thing about nuclear-powered cruise missiles is their nearly unlimited range, so that the missiles can plan their flight path and bypass the US anti-missile deployment against Russia. The US anti-missile system is mainly deployed in Alaska, the northern part of the United States and Europe, while the anti-missile deployment in the southern part of the United States is relatively weak, so the Haiyan missile can attack the United States from South America.

Russian military expert Sergei Kotonov in the Russian newspaper "Military Industry Messenger" pointed out that the modern radar cannot detect and intercept the "Haiyan" missile, it can "like a ghost" instantly appear and disappear after the launch, "Haiyan" flies at an altitude of 50 to 100 meters, the threat of early warning against the ballistic missile is difficult to detect its course, and the only reliable way to detect the "Haiyan" missile is to track its radioactive traces, but only on the third or fourth day when the radioactive elements reach the upper layer of the atmosphere, will be detected.

Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov analyzed in 2019 that the main role of "Haiyan" is not to "play the vanguard", but to wait for Russia to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile before attacking enemy command posts or military bases. "The role of 'Haiyan' is to give a final fatal blow to the hostile country and 'step it back to the Stone Age'."

"In fact, nuclear-powered cruise missiles were already proposed in the 1950s and 1960s, when the United States launched related projects, but due to technical reasons, the development was not successful," said military expert Hanoun, "at the time the United States also conducted research on nuclear-powered aircraft, nuclear-powered rockets and so on."

According to previously published information by the United States, in 1957, the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission launched the SLAM nuclear-powered cruise missile project. The purpose of the project was to develop a supersonic nuclear-powered cruise missile that could fly at ultra-low altitudes and penetrate defenses. The missile uses the conventional power of ramjet engine and is very large in size. It was finally dismounted due to multiple test failures.

The Yars missile can carry up to three warheads and can attack multiple targets at once

Could the ¡°Haiyan¡± test put pressure on the United States?

Russia's successful test of the "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missile is only four days away from Russia's nuclear force exercise, the outside world considers that this is not a coincidence.

Russia held on 22nd a training exercise within the strategic nuclear force program of the three armies of land, sea and air. Russian President Putin conducted an online command exercise at the Kremlin in Moscow. An intercontinental ballistic missile "Ars" was launched from the Pretsetsk space launch site to the Kurra target on the Canberra Peninsula. A "deep blue" (also known as "blue spots") submarine missile was launched from the strategic nuclear submarine "Briansk" in the Barents Sea. A long-range strategic bomber "Graf-95MS" also participated in the exercise, launching an air cruise missile. The real-time launch was commanded by the Russian Federation Defense Command Center.

Although the Russian side stressed the strategic exercises as "routine exercises", Zhang Zheng, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Russian Institute for Research in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, believes that Russia demonstrates nuclear power at this time and shows "muscles" to the West, has a strong strategic deterrent meaning.

In Li Wensheng's view, Russia's public news of the successful "Haiyan" test launch not only demonstrates Russia's determination and attitude to strengthen its strategic nuclear forces, but also adds bargaining chips to the Russia-US Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia will expire in 2026. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is the only remaining bilateral nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. It was signed by the two countries in 2010 and was in 2011. It came into effect on February 5 and is valid for 10 years. On February 3, 2021, Russia and the United States exchanged diplomatic notes and completed the relevant internal procedures for the agreement to extend the validity period of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The agreement came into effect immediately. The validity of the treaty was subsequently extended to February 5, 2026, and the content remained unchanged.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Russian Federal Security Council on September 22 that Russia will continue to abide by the core restrictions stipulated in the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between Russia and the United States within one year after the treaty expires.

¡°Russia still hopes that the US and Russia will conduct a new round of negotiations, because Russia has no nuclear advantage, nor can it support an unlimited nuclear arms race, and pressures the United States to reduce strategic weapons by developing nuclear-powered cruise missiles,¡± Li said.

Putin has previously pointed out that Russia will not be involved in an arms race, but will maintain its nuclear power at the necessary level.

Regarding Russia's announcement of successful test-firing of nuclear-powered cruise missiles. U.S. President Trump responded on the 27th that it was "inappropriate" for Russia to test launch the Haiyan nuclear-powered cruise missile recently. "A war that should have ended in a week is now soon entering its fourth year." Trump, who is visiting Asia, told the accompanying media when talking about the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the U.S. presidential plane Air Force One that Russia should let the Russia-Ukraine conflict end instead of test-firing missiles.