Putin says Russia's hypersonic missile has entered service and will be deployed in Belarus

MSM ^ | 2 Aug 25 | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

[delta7]

This should tame the EU war mongers…..but at the rate the EU is crumbling, these will probably not be needed.

[BobL]

“This should tame the EU war mongers…..but at the rate the EU is crumbling, these will probably not be needed.”

No kidding, and it’s scaring the crap out of the Neocons because it can produce the yield of a small nuclear explosion without being nuclear. Opens up a lot of options for responses to their aggression.

[marcusmaximus]

Sitting alongside Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Valaam Island near St. Petersburg, Putin said the military already has selected deployment sites in Belarus for the Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile.

[Terabitten]

multiple warheads that plunge to a target at speeds up to Mach 10 are immune to being intercepted and are so powerful that the use of several of them in one conventional strike could be as devastating as a nuclear attack

Because the Russians NEVER overstate their weapons capabilities, ever.

[silent majority rising]

We better get our sh*t together. This is a gamechanger.

[Bayard]

Haven’t they uaed them enough times to demonstrate that they have them?

[bgill]

Stop the insanity.

[marcusmaximus]

They launched one and two subsequent launches failed.

[Terabitten]

Haven’t they uaed them enough times to demonstrate that they have them?

Having them, and even using them, isn't proof that they actually have the capability they claim to have. I absolutely am not an Air Defense Artillery guy, but a quick Google search has lots of ADA types chuckling under their breath at Putin's "missile is unstoppable" statements. Here's one, for example:

Putin Claims new Oreshnik missile is unstoppable, sparking doubts

[rottweiller_inc]

Likely a response to Trump saying he re-positioned nuclear submarines.

[BobL]

“but a quick Google search has lots of ADA types chuckling under their breath at Putin’s “missile is unstoppable” statements. Here’s one, for example”

“...being developed by Northrop Grumman”
“...being explored as potential countermeasures”

Thanks for the link. So the article confirms that the missile is unstoppable now, but might be stoppable in the future. That problem with that is, even if these technologies can be made to work (far from a given), by the time they do work, countermeasures could easily make these technologies obsolete, and thus reset the clock.

[SaxxonWoods]

Meanwhile, from Barrons: Russia’s military advance in Ukraine accelerated for a fourth straight month in July, its greatest since November, according to AFP’s analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

In one month, the Russian army took 713 square kilometres (275 square miles) of Ukrainian territory, while Kyiv reclaimed 79 square kilometres.

This has resulted in a net gain of 634 square kilometres for Russia compared with 588 square kilometres in June, 507 square kilometres in May, 379 square kilometres in April, and 240 square kilometres in March.

These figures include territories fully or partially controlled by Russia and those claimed by it.

[South Dakota]

Does Hillary get residual stock options if the missile does well

[kiryandil]

IBTG

IBTS

[Petrosius]

This should tame the EU war mongers

Right! Russia invades another country but it is those defending against them who are the war mongers, not the invaders. Where did you study logic?

[Karl Spooner]

Launched from east Russia range gif. Of course all of Europe is toast.

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[Seruzawa]

Some things never change. Like the shyt quality of any Russian gear bigger than an artillery piece. Tanks, planes, submarines, etc.

[tlozo]

Thanks for the link. So the article confirms that the missile is unstoppable now, but might be stoppable in the future.

No, article clearly states Putin's claim of "unstoppable" missile is likely false. Aegis or THAAD can intercept the missile.

The claim is likely false.

While hypersonic weapons present unique challenges to missile defense, experts and available evidence suggest that Putin’s claim is an exaggeration of the current technological According to Fabian Hoffmann, a doctoral research fellow at the Oslo Nuclear Project, the U.S. and Israel possess anti-missile systems capable of shooting down an Oreshnik.realities.

“Systems like SM-3 from Aegis or Aegis Ashore, as well as most likely Arrow 3 and THAAD, can absolutely deal with this type of threat,” Hoffmann told CNN on November 22.

[delta7]

The West measures “:success “ by territory, Vlad measures “ success” by enemy body bags. Ukraine is being demilitarized, for decades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NekFpsd5-Lk

They are ALL dead... 1.8 Million of them killed in Ukraine” Col. Douglas MacGregor | Redacted News

Post war analysis will reveal the shocking truth.

[BobL]

“No, article clearly states Putin’s claim of “unstoppable” missile is likely false. Aegis or THAAD can intercept the missile.”

The Neocons have made MANY CLAIMS regarding their Wonder Weapons, and given their track record, I wouldn’t recommend betting the house on them getting it right, for once.