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To: higgmeister
The bomb attached to the aircraft is not a hypersonic missile because there is no hypersonic booster. Somebody is trying to pull a fast one

Well then you're beef is with Putin, who in 2018 announced the Kinjal was a hypersonic missile.

He said that another new weapons system, called Kinzhal, already has been deployed in Russia's Southern Military District. He added that it's a hypersonic missile carried by an aircraft that flies at a speed 10 times of the speed of sound and has a range of 2,000 kilometres away.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/putin-boasts-about-russia-s-unstoppable-nuclear-weapons/3d2eac53-5bf7-4492-8d3c-8d74d85be63f

19 posted on 05/12/2023 3:25:17 PM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: tlozo
Mixing apples and oranges.

If they are telling the truth, they are using hypersonic missiles in some cases but the payload can also be delivered conventionally.

A hypersonic missile must have a visible scoop for the scramjet engine intake.   The photographs don't show that feature.

In Russian media the "hypersonic" feature has been highlighted as a unique feature to create an impression it's a new and advanced design (hypersonic glide and scramjet) while "Kinzhal" uses a standard ballistic missile technology at greater speeds. The "hypersonic" feature is shared with many older designs and does not represent any particular technological breakthrough.[7][8]

The overall design of the missile is shared with the 9K720 Iskander, with the guidance section modified for Kinzhal. It can reportedly hit both static targets and mobile ones such as aircraft carriers.[9][10]

It almost suggests that they have a hypersonic missile but in most cases they are using the same payloads but in a conventional delivery at sonic speeds.
27 posted on 05/12/2023 3:52:15 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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