Wikipedia Deep Dive
9M730 Burevestnik
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**The Flying Chernobyl: Russia's Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile**
I rewrote the Wikipedia article about the 9M730 Burevestnik into an 18-minute essay optimized for Speechify reading. Key transformations:
1. **Hook**: Opens with the dramatic 2019 explosion that killed five scientists, rather than a dry definition
2. **Structure**: Organized into narrative sections:
- The strategic problem it's trying to solve
- How nuclear propulsion works (explained from first principles)
- Development history and the "storm petrel" name origin
- The troubled test record (13 tests, only 2 partial successes)
- Physical specifications
- The October 2025 test claims
- Expert criticism (the "uniquely stupid" and "flying Chernobyl" quotes)
- Strategic theories for why Russia continues development
- Arms control implications
- Parallels with the abandoned US Project Pluto
3. **Audio-friendly**:
- Spelled out NATO, SIGINT-related acronyms
- Varied paragraph and sentence length for rhythm
- Explained technical concepts (ramjets, terrain-hugging flight)
- Used transitions and narrative flow rather than encyclopedic structure
4. **Template**: Matched the existing Wikipedia page format with proper headers, source attribution, and related articles section