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And yet it delivers cosmonauts to ISS in 3 hours [0], something that is out of reach for Western tech. "their hypersonics (which are just a plane-launched ball

by gdy 4y ago

And yet it delivers cosmonauts to ISS in 3 hours [0], something that is out of reach for Western tech. "their hypersonics (which are just a plane-launched ballistic missiles)" You are confusing Zircon [2] with Kinzhal [1]. [0] https://www.space.com/soyuz-makes-fastest-space-station-crew-flight-record https://www.space.com/soyuz-makes-fastest-space-station-crew... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-47M2_Kinzhal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-47M2_Kinzhal [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M22_Zircon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M22_Zircon

trasz 4y ago
Well, sure it did, it’s a good old Soviet design. Too bad it’s dead now, but hey. As for confusing - nope, both “hypersonics” are hypersonic by name only. We could see their fantastic performance on that barn.
- gdy 4y ago
  Soviet rockets weren't capable of such accuracy.
  - trasz 4y ago
    Indeed, hitting a random barn was never more accurate :-D
    - gdy 4y ago
      You must be a child.