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Putin has repeatedly said that Russia is a world leader in hypersonic missiles, cutting-edge weapons capable of carrying payloads at up to 10 times the speed of sound to punch through air-defence systems.

Apparently, they didn't "punch through" the Ukraine air defense.
Putin is not happy, so the beatings will continue...

1 posted on 05/24/2023 4:55:45 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

...ever see who works at large US aerospace companies? Hint, they’re not Hondurans.


2 posted on 05/24/2023 5:08:36 AM PDT by BobL
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Is it safe to assume the same ineffective technology was transferred to China?


3 posted on 05/24/2023 5:09:01 AM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Why would China want them if Ukraine can shoot them all down so easily?


4 posted on 05/24/2023 5:28:44 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Apparently, they didn’t “punch through” the Ukraine air defense.


They aren’t real hypersonic missiles to begin with. They cannot glide and their tail fins are useless. They are basically Iskander ballistic missiles with a different motor.


8 posted on 05/24/2023 6:55:18 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Only Russian vodka is a powerful enough fuel to reach hypersonic speed so the Chinese still have to smuggle a lot of that in.


12 posted on 05/24/2023 7:32:05 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Prigozhin: We fought in Bakhmut against superior forces, destroyed about 50,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces and wounded up to 70,000

▪️ PMC "Wagner" had 3.2 times fewer dead than the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and about 2 times fewer wounded.
▪️ The PMC in Artyomovsk had 50,000 people at its best, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine - 82,000, and the ratio for the assault should be 3 to 1 for the attackers.
▪️During the operation, I chose 50,000 prisoners, 20% of them died, another 20% were injured.
▪️The goal of Artemovsk was not Artemovsk itself, but the Bakhmut Meat Grinder. And in Artemovsk, we destroyed everyone we were supposed to destroy, we completed the task.
▪️The task was completed due to the highest level of organization.
▪️We have our own: planes, helicopters, air defense, artillery, MLRS, reconnaissance and even our own satellite reconnaissance.

13 posted on 05/24/2023 9:09:01 AM PDT by Kazan
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