U.S. officials confirmed to CNN on Saturday that Russia had fired hypersonic missiles at Ukraine last week, after the Russian Defense Ministry said the weapons had been used to destroy an underground arsenal. Ivano-Frankivsk, In eastern Ukraine, Friday. This is the first time these missiles have been used in the Moscow war environment; According to CNN, their use is intended to test them, while at the same time sending a message to the West about Russian capabilities.
Moscow has been proud to have these missiles for many years, which Vladimir Putin describes as “invincible.” You கிந்சல், Now being used in Ukraine, violates all air defense systems, including the US missile shield, the Kremlin claims. High precision aerial missile system கிந்சல் Was First successfully tested in 2018.
Currently, there are two types of hypersonic weapons: glider, a ballistic missile launched at very high altitudes by a ballistic missile and reaching speeds of Mac 20 at the beginning of its trajectory, decreasing as it descends (Russia tested Avangard in 2019, 27 times faster than sound and capable of reaching anywhere on the planet); And the hypersonic cruise missile, with its own propulsion and built into the Mach 5 with the lowest speeds in the atmosphere, follows a horizontal path similar to a conventional cruise missile – the difference is that the speed and its maneuverability are much harder. To intercept. Mach number corresponds to the speed of an object and the speed of sound.
Knowing that Russia and the Pentagon were the first countries to develop these weapons and that the Pentagon was working on their versions, the Pentagon made them one of its priorities.
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