[Yo-Yo]

Even without a warhead an object going that fast will cause catastrophic damage.

The flip side is that an object going that fast will be difficult to accurately hit a small target such as a ship at sea.

[CitizenUSA]

And anything going that fast would probably quickly disintegrate if it’s damaged in the slightest...

[dpetty121263]

Doesn’t need to be accurate if it carries a tactical nuke...just in he ballpark will do..

[laplata]

The flip side is that an object going that fast will be difficult to accurately hit a small target such as a ship at sea.

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Close is good enough with a tactical nuke.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The flip side is that an object going that fast will be difficult to accurately hit a small target such as a ship at sea.

Plus friction with atmosphere at sea level would disintegrate the object right quick. Unless the Russians have discovered a deposit of Vibranium somewhere.

[Afterguard]

Knowing nothing about this other than wha the article says, you are probably correct. Likely to be a pure kinetic weapon, like a “Rods from God” style destroyer. Putting an explosive on the thing would probably slow it down.

Also how would you control something going that fast? I would guess it’s fire and forget. Just my $.02 worth.

[jpsb]

Not really, at these speeds the warship is a large stationary target.

[SgtHooper]

Bingo!! And knowing the Roosians, I believe it to be all bluster! You know, like in the past. Hell, even our own military dishes out crap about how well some systems work, in order to gain more funding.