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Russia says it has test-fired another hypersonic missile
The Russian navy on Saturday conducted another test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military's long-range strike capability amid the fighting in Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry said the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Northern Fleet in the White Sea launched the Zircon cruise missile in the Barents Sea, successfully hitting a practice target in the White Sea about 1,000 kilometers (540 nautical miles) away.
[...] Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Zircon is capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and has a range of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). Putin has emphasized that its deployment will significantly boost the capability of Russia's military.
Previously: Russia Reports First Combat Use of Hypersonic Missiles
US Tested Hypersonic Missile but Kept It Quiet to Avoid Escalating Tensions With Russia
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Monday May 30 2022, @03:51PM (4 children)
If Putin has a real hypersonic weapon that he really intended to use, he would have really deployed it in the very real Ukrainian war theater for a real demonstration.
Kind of like incinerating 2 Japanese cities under atomic fire drives the point of nuclear weapons home much more effectively than turning a bit of New Mexico desert into glass.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2022, @04:11PM (2 children)
A Russian bomber fired three hypersonic missiles at the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Monday night, Ukrainian officials said, as part of a barrage that leveled a number of civilian targets including hotels and a shopping mall.
It is not the first time Moscow has deployed its Kinzhal hypersonic missile during its invasion, but it does appear to be a relatively rare occurrence.
Russia said it used Kinzhal missiles Ukraine in mid-March -- a claim later confirmed by US officials to CNN -- in the first known use of the weapon in combat.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/22/europe/biden-russia-hypersonic-missiles-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html [cnn.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2022, @05:50PM (1 child)
Russians are such idiots. Wasting their nonexistent hypersonic missiles on empty shopping malls at night ;)
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday May 31 2022, @09:05PM
They have such grate weapons in their military parades!
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 2) by Beryllium Sphere (r) on Monday May 30 2022, @06:41PM
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/22/europe/biden-russia-hypersonic-missiles-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html [cnn.com]