Showed diplomatic sincerity to Trump, Russia canceled the "nuclear missile" test launch
On the eve of the US-Russia presidential summit, both sides displayed their "nuclear muscle": Russia was preparing to test-launch the "Ovod" nuclear-powered cruise missile on Novaya Zemlya, while the United States announced the new generation of strategic command aircraft officially named E-130J "Phoenix II".
Evidently, this round of "showing off muscles" between the US and Russia was aimed at building momentum for the upcoming presidential summit between the two countries.
Compared to the US announcement of the name of its "doomsday plane", Russia's move was clearly more significant.
However, according to the timing of the missile test launch announced by Russia, this US-Russia presidential summit may have coincided with the "Ovod" nuclear-powered cruise missile test mission by chance, rather than being intentionally planned by Russia.
Even to demonstrate its own willingness to dialogue, Reuters reported on the 13th, citing sources that Russia canceled the missile test plan.
In fact, there is no need for the outside world to overemphasize this Russian "Ovod" nuclear-powered cruise missile: although the missile is said to be capable of low-altitude penetration, its development has been fraught with difficulties, and out of 13 previous tests, only two were partially successful. The explosion yield ranges from 150,000 to 300,000 tons, which is far less powerful than intercontinental missiles.
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