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9M730 Burevestnik

The file was written. Here's a summary of what I created: **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

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