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2023-01-06T17:11:47.926Z


Putin's new miracle weapon: the "Zirkon" hypersonic missile as a nightmare for military strategists? Created: 06/01/2023 18:01 By: Jan-Frederik Wendt Russia has armed a warship with a new hypersonic missile. The projectile should reach a multiple of the speed of sound. Moscow - Vladimir Putin wants to arm Russian warships with a new hypersonic missile. The Russian President announced the Zirko


Putin's new miracle weapon: the "Zirkon" hypersonic missile as a nightmare for military strategists?

Created: 06/01/2023 18:01

By: Jan-Frederik Wendt

Russia has armed a warship with a new hypersonic missile.

The projectile should reach a multiple of the speed of sound.

Moscow - Vladimir Putin wants to arm Russian warships with a new hypersonic missile.

The Russian President announced the Zirkon weapon system with great words: "I am sure that such a powerful weapon will allow us to reliably protect Russia from external threats and protect the national interests of our country." On Wednesday (January 4) Putin sent a warship armed with the missile on a training mission.

For Western military strategists, hypersonic missiles are potentially a nightmare.

In contrast to other rocket systems, the projectiles can still be controlled even after they have been fired and reach a multiple of the speed of sound of 1,235 km/h.

This combination of controllability and speed makes them virtually uninterceptable to anti-aircraft systems.

The USA and China are also working on hypersonic missiles

Hypersonic missiles belong to a new class of weapon systems.

Experts fear that their development will set off an arms race.

In 2017, Russia became the first country to add a weapon of this type to its arsenal.

China and the USA are now also working on such weapon systems.

Vladimir Putin announced the new hypersonic missiles with big words (symbol photo).

© Sergey Guneev/dpa

The Russian military already has two operational hypersonic missiles: the Kinzhal, which is launched from air carriers - and the land-based Avangard.

The Kinzhal missile has apparently already been used a number of times in the Ukraine conflict.

Experts see no strategic advantage in this.

In April 2022, military expert Douglas Barrie from the British think tank IISS suspected that the military wanted to try the weapon out in an operational environment.

Not much information is known about the weapon.

According to Russian information, the missile has a range of more than 500 kilometers.

You can accelerate up to 8000 to 9000 kilometers per hour.

The weapon can be used against enemy ships and ground targets.

Does Putin want to increase the pressure in the Ukraine war?

Military experts believe a single ship carrying hypersonic missiles is no match for US naval forces, the US news agency AP reports.

Other experts suspect that Putin's strategy could be to station the frigate armed with the hypersonic missile near the US coast.

As a result, Russia could increase the pressure in the Ukraine war.

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The US Department of Defense announced after the commissioning on Wednesday (January 4) that it was monitoring the ship.

However, it is not considered a threat that cannot be countered.

A Pentagon spokesman said: "While we do not comment on specific capabilities or speculate on hypotheses, the Department of Defense remains confident in our ability to deter our adversaries and advance the national security interests of the United States at any time and place." defend."

In the past, Western experts have repeatedly expressed doubts as to whether the Russian hypersonic missiles are actually as powerful and the controls are as precise as the Russian leadership claims.

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Jan Wendt

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Source: merkur

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