MIT Researchers: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerous (opens in new tab)

cross-posted from: [ > > Sometime on Oct. 21 of last year, high above the Arctic Circle, a lone missile shot skyward from a Russian island. > > > The missile flew northeast and then banked and began flying in loops for hours over the barren, frozen landscape. > > > According to Russian and Western sources, the new weapon, known in Russian as Burevestnik and by NATO as Skyfall, was powered by a small nuclear reactor. Few other details were forthcoming.