We know nothing. They don't even know if it is a turbojet, ramjet, or whatever. What we know is it uses a nuclear power source and it is pretty compact, there are pictures of the missile, way more compact than the Pluto prototype even.
It's more compact than Pluto because it was made decades after Pluto.
We don't know nothing. We know it's a nuclear powered cruise missile. That alone is enough to say ... these people have lost their minds. Come on. Does this need clarifying. It's a one use end of world scenario weapon. Sure it might have a place but Russia has top 2 in the world nuclear deterrence. It doesn't really need such a thing. It's there for domestic PR points. It's not as effective as hypersonic nuclear delivery whether dropped from space or wherever.
It's a subsonic cruise missile judging from the available public photos of its frame. Even if it's supersonic, it's not any more effective. It's stealthy sure. But not too much less detectable than other stealthy long range cruise missiles. Probably more detectable. So what's the point? Why go to the risks of having a nuclear powered missile that you can't contain or reuse.
Seriously how is this more effective than a long range stealth cruise missile that hugs terrain? It is the same thing with longer range so it's target isn't Europe but US. For that one little benefit it risks everything and can only be used in a end of world scenario. I think it was just cool to present as some super weapon. Anyone else realises this is the most pointless thing to come out of any MIC for a long time. The Americans were conceptualising and experimenting with every idea in the 1960s and 70s. They didn't even bother continuing this idea back then.
