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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.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by turgid on Monday May 30 2022, @06:45PM (3 children)
More scary things to worry about and there's absolutely nothing I can do. Just ignore it and move on. If that nice Mr Putin decides to nuke us there's nothing we can do. Any survivors will have to deal with it.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by pkrasimirov on Monday May 30 2022, @08:06PM (2 children)
I agree, this is how MAD was working so far, and very successfully so, nothing new here.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2022, @11:13PM (1 child)
except that the whole premise of hypersonic is less predictable pathway compared to balistic. a step beyond MAD, if only to good old D.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by turgid on Tuesday May 31 2022, @08:08AM
I suppose that's why we have Trident submarines continuously at sea, listening to BBC Radio 4 on the World Service.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].