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Putin Just Escalated The Destruction Of Ukraine

The Hypersonic missiles are out

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‘there is no single operational missile defense system that is capable of intercepting a hypersonic missile’. Defence iQ

Thus far, Russia has stuck to conventional ordnance. Guns, Tanks, bombs, subsonic missile delivery systems, with devastation in human lives and infrastructure in their wake.

Hypersonics are another thing entirely.

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Hypersonic missiles can generally fly at 5X the speed of sound, (Mach 5). That works out to about one mile per second. The Kinzhal missiles are reported to be twice as fast; Mach 10 -two miles per second.

According to an article in 2018, Defence iQ suggests ‘there is no single operational missile defense system that is capable of intercepting a hypersonic missile’. I’m certain technology…