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Trump Says US Has Nuclear Submarine Off Russia’s Coast, Shrugging Off Putin’s Missile Test
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Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump told reporters the US has “the greatest nuclear submarine in the world” stationed near Russia—and said Putin should end the war in Ukraine instead of testing missiles, according to CNN on October 27.
US President Donald Trump dismissed reports of Russia’s latest nuclear-powered missile test, saying the United States also has nuclear submarines positioned close to Russia’s shores.
“They know we have a nuclear submarine—the greatest in the world—right off their shore,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One during his trip to Asia.
❗️“We have a nuclear submarine right off the coast of the Russian Federation,” Trump responded to the Russians’ testing of a new cruise missile, the Burevestnik.
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) October 27, 2025
“I think Putin shouldn’t be talking about this. He should be ending the war. The war that was supposed to last a week… pic.twitter.com/Gc2Yl6xNTs
“So I mean, it doesn’t have to go 8,000 miles, and they’re not playing games with us, we’re not playing games with them either,” Trump continued. “We test missiles all the time.”
The President added that Vladimir Putin should focus on ending the war in Ukraine rather than making new nuclear threats.
“I don’t think it’s an appropriate thing for Putin to be saying either, by the way,” Trump said. “He ought to get the war ended—a war that should have taken one week is now in its fourth year. That’s what he ought to do instead of testing missiles.”
Trump’s remarks came in response to Putin’s announcement that Russia had successfully tested its Burevestnik (“Storm Petrel”) nuclear-powered cruise missile and intended to move toward deploying it.
Russian officials said the weapon remained airborne for about 15 hours and traveled roughly 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) during the test.
🚨🚨 Unlimited-range Burevestnik joins Russia’s elite missile club — after flying 14K km
— Sputnik India (@Sputnik_India) October 26, 2025
A glimpse inside Russia’s top-tier arsenal 🧵👇 https://t.co/IjcrJRWJp5 pic.twitter.com/fABARGFVJs
Putin described the Burevestnik as a “unique weapon of unlimited range” that no other country possesses, boasting that Russia’s nuclear forces are “at the highest level” and “ahead of all other nuclear powers.”
The missile, designed to carry both a nuclear reactor and a nuclear warhead, was first revealed by Putin in 2018 as part of a new generation of “invincible” weapons meant to evade Western defenses.
Western experts, however, have raised serious doubts about the Burevestnik’s safety and practicality. According to intelligence reports, between 2017 and 2019, Russia attempted at least 13 test launches, most of which failed.
A 2019 crash in the Barents Sea caused a deadly explosion during recovery operations, killing seven nuclear scientists and releasing radioactive material that drifted across northern Russia and Scandinavia.
In 2020, then-US arms control envoy Marshall Billingslea warned that the Burevestnik was “a flying Chernobyl” and urged Moscow to halt testing, citing the environmental and security hazards posed by a nuclear-powered cruise missile.
Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin ruled out ending military operations in Ukraine despite new US sanctions, warning of a “stunning response” if Western countries supply long-range Tomahawk missiles capable of striking Russian territory.
