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These are not hypersonic missiles. These are air to ground ballistic rockets, derivatives of already in use ground to ground Iskanders. Nothing new here.
by eveningcoffee 5y ago
These are not hypersonic missiles. These are air to ground ballistic rockets, derivatives of already in use ground to ground Iskanders. Nothing new here.
- News-Dog 5y agoOP: >In Aerodynamics, a hypersonic-speed is one that exceeds 5-times the speed of sound, often stated as starting at speeds of Mach-5 and above. Hypersonic Speed : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic
- News-Dog 5y agoOP: & OT: Please Note Well! -- This is NOT the Missile used in Ukraine! You may like to look at some historic News articles of a Russian attempt to develop a nuclear-powered 'skyfall' nuclear-armed cruise-missile Posted under 'Project Pluto - nuclear-powered ramjet engines' : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30750131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30750131 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto '9M730 Burevestnik' (a.k.a. Skyfall) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik 'Russia’s Nuclear-Powered ‘Skyfall’ Missile' : https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/07/russias-nuclear-powered- https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/07/russias-nuclear-powered-... 'A Deadly Mishap in Russia's Far North, and a Nuclear Mystery lingers' : https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/12/europe/russia-military-bl https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/12/europe/russia-military-bl... 'Russia says Rocket Explosion caused 16-fold Radiation Spike' : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49339895 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49339895 >'Five scientists were killed and three injured in the accident on Thursday at a military facility in the White Sea. A nuclear-powered engine was being tested near the village of Nyonoksa, to the west of Severodvinsk, Russia's state nuclear agency Rosatom said.'
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