This missile was launched throughout the evening of November 21 as a countermeasure to Ukraine’s use of NATO-supplied long-range weapons, together with ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles.
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the Oreshnik, a medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile. This missile was launched throughout the evening of November 21 as a countermeasure to Ukraine’s use of NATO-supplied long-range weapons, together with ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles. These NATO weapons have been reportedly utilized by Ukraine to goal Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk areas.
Dmitry Suslov, the deputy director of the Center for European and International Studies at Russia’s Higher School of Economics, said that Vladimir Putin despatched a powerful warning to the West, urging them to rethink their actions which might be fueling the battle. Suslov, who has been concerned in advising on updates to Russia’s nuclear coverage, shared this perception with Sputnik.
On the evening of November 21, Russia launched the Oreshnik, a medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile, in response to Ukraine utilizing NATO-supplied long-range weapons like ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles. The strike focused and efficiently hit a Ukrainian weapons manufacturing facility in Dnepropetrovsk.
Suslov defined that Putin’s actions despatched a transparent message: if NATO nations preserve supplying and utilizing weapons like ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles in opposition to Russia, then Russia may reply by focusing on army websites in these Western nations with its medium-range missiles.
The analyst said that Russia is ready to escalate the scenario additional if crucial. “If the West reacts to Russia’s actions by increasing tensions, then Russia is ready to respond with even greater escalation,” he defined.He emphasised that Russia’s just lately up to date nuclear coverage signifies that the nation is ready to think about using nuclear weapons underneath sure circumstances.
Yuri Knutov, a army knowledgeable and historian of the Air Defense Forces, described Russia’s new hypersonic missile as a groundbreaking technological development in an interview with Sputnik.
He said that the missile reaches a velocity of 10 Mach (roughly 12,350 km/h or about 2.5-3kms/sec ). According to him, no different nation on this planet at present possesses missiles with such capabilities.
The knowledgeable highlighted that neither the United States nor every other nation at present has air protection techniques superior sufficient to cease Russia’s new hypersonic missiles.
Knutov said that they showcased a missile able to focusing on not simply Yuzhmash (a key missile producer positioned in Ukraine) but additionally cities like London and Paris. He warned that this might occur if France and Britain proceed to escalate tensions with Russia and straight assist Ukraine.
“Oreshnik: Russia’s Hypersonic IRBM with Uncertain Capabilities”
The 9M729 “Oreshnik,” named after the hazel tree in Russian, is a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). It was first launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout a speech on November 21, 2024.
This missile, on this occasion, was deployed in a “non-nuclear hypersonic configuration.” However, it stays unclear whether or not the Oreshnik makes use of customary re-entry automobiles, maneuvering re-entry automobiles, or superior hypersonic boost-glide automobiles.
