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To: TonyinLA

CHINESE MILITARY JOURNAL ASSERTS RUSSIA LIED ABOUT ‘HYPERSONIC’ KINZHAL

“As a result of this lack of maneuverability, the Chinese analysis suggests reports of Kinzhal’s intercept are likely to be true.”
“The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced that the Ukrainian Air Force shot down a Kinzhal hypersonic missile using the Patriot PAC-3 air defense missile system on May 4, 2023,” the report reads. “There is more and more evidence showing that what the U.S. and Ukraine say on this matter is true.”

“Western analysts who pointed to Kinzhal being nothing more than an air-launched ballistic missile appeared to be proven right on May 4, 2023, when Ukraine’s recently activated MIM-104 Patriot Air Defense System reportedly intercepted one of these allegedly “invincible” missiles for the first time. Since then, there have been several other reported Kinzhal intercepts, with American intelligence agencies coming forward to confirm their validity, despite ongoing Russian efforts to dismiss these claims as nothing more than “Western propaganda.”
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/chinese-military-journal-asserts-russia-lied-about-hypersonic-kinzhal/


20 posted on 01/22/2024 5:05:17 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

So a CIA planted story about Chinese intelligence assessments of Russian missiles is what you’re going with.

Hmhmmmm.


23 posted on 01/22/2024 5:10:13 PM PST by TonyinLA (I don't have sufficient information to formulate a reasoned opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: ansel12

Hypersonic simply means Mach 2 or Mach 3 jets can’t chase after it and shoot it down.

Based on a missile course, there might only be one possible target. That makes to possible to reliably predict where the hypersonic missile will be so it can get intercepted.


25 posted on 01/22/2024 5:14:08 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: ansel12; Chad C. Mulligan; All

“CHINESE MILITARY JOURNAL ASSERTS RUSSIA LIED ABOUT ‘HYPERSONIC’ KINZHAL”


You need to let Members of Congress know. Because they are all worried about defence against weapons you claim don’t exist.

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2023/12/18/congress-demands-quicker-fielding-of-hypersonic-weapons-interceptor/


28 posted on 01/22/2024 5:41:54 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: ansel12

Would you post a link to the “Chinese journal”?:) Thanks in advance if you can.


42 posted on 01/23/2024 6:28:18 AM PST by NorseViking
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