Posted on 05/17/2023 9:38:52 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
A trio of Vladimir Putin's leading hypersonic scientists have been detained on suspicion of high treason in what fellow scientists have declared a 'witch hunt'
Aerodynamics specialist Dr Valery Zvegintsev, 78, is the latest of three prominent scientists from the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Novosibirsk to be arrested on extremely serious charges.
Zvegintsev, 78, along with Anatoly Maslov and Alexander Shiplyuk, are seen as key figures in the development of Russia's hypersonic weapons programme which is thought to be one of the world's most advanced.
News of their detention on suspicion of high treason comes days after a Russian missile assault on Ukraine's capital was largely ineffective, with Ukrainian officials claiming their US-supplied Patriot air defence system managed to down several of Moscow's Kinzhal - or 'Dagger' - hypersonic missiles, which Putin once boasted were 'unstoppable'.
And their institute has protested the arrests, claiming the men were being prosecuted over normal scientific activity such as making presentations and taking part in international conferences and projects, and publishing articles in major journals.
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Uday and Qusay are ead-day.
They were apparently fired at either dummy missiles or much smaller missiles. None of the wreckage shown in the media yesterday resembled that of a Kinzhal missile taken down, it was all from much smaller missiles.
Thank you. And you are very correct on the Patriot’s current ability.
Which benefits China the most. Biden is doing his master’s bidding.
Soooo if the k missiles were not shot down, where did they impact?
If true, this should be a pattern to follow in the US. Find traitors and fry them.
You might enjoy skimming through this.
PAC-3® MSE Overview
Approved for Public Release – DAL202201001
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/mfc/documents/pac-3/2022-01-05_LM_PAC-3_MSE_Overview.pdf
Ah. . . ! My favorite, warmongering Toy Soldier's at it again! Bwahahaha!
Here's a nice photo of your beloved nation; the one you so stridently love and support Willy, showing a more realistic state of affairs between it and Ruzzzzziiiiaaaa!!!!
Slavo Youcrayney!
Winning!
Incorrect. They shot down 257 missile and they did that using AK-47s.
“Patriot missiles are worthless against the Kinzhals.”
Six out of six Kinzhals were shot down, as part of a complex attack into Kyiv, including Russian cruise missiles and drones.
For the first time during Russian missile and drone wave attacks, a 100% interception rate was achieved by Ukrainian Air Defense.
Conversely, so far there has been 100% miss rate for Russian Air Defense, against the new Storm Shadow Cruise missiles, that Ukrainian forces were recently provided. The UK and France each have thousands of those in inventory.
We seem to be entering a new phase in the Air war. Russian forces are beginning to encounter NATO weapons, instead of the old left over inventories of the Warsaw Pact.
“Six out of six Kinzhals were shot down”
Incorrect that was the claim Ukraine first made that they later were forced to back away from when the evidence didn’t match their claims. Funny how so many on this forum are taken up by the war time propaganda, I would have expected people here would be better informed.
actually, it probably pays pretty good.
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