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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 bussdriver on Monday May 30 2022, @05:43PM (2 children)
Exactly, this serves no real purpose. They cost a ton of money, they do not have a lot of them so if they use them in the war it's harming them probably more than the enemy. They can easily fly cheap rockets with no proper aiming since they do not care how many people they kill or how much damage they do because they just want the land at this point.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2022, @10:57PM (1 child)
> because they just want the land at this point.
Has anyone looked at the cost of this war to Russia? Any guesses? Make sure to include some estimate of the cost of all the soldiers they have lost.
It might have been cheaper for Russia to have contracted with a bunch of realty companies and just bought the land they wanted. It appears the oligarchs had plenty of money before it was all embargoed. If they were clever (I think the Russians are known for that?) they could have worked quietly over a number of years and not announced their intentions until they owned most of it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 31 2022, @06:56PM
You mean like how Germany finally built their European Empire, aka the European Union? That would require honest work and investment in the future. Putin's regime doesn't believe in those things. And it shows.
For the record, I believe that if Russia had followed Germany's example of using peaceful means that they could have built the empire they dream of, and the world would have been better off for it.