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Launch of the UR-100UTTKh ICBM, carrying the Avangard HGV, Dombarovsky Air Base, 26 December 2018. According to Vladimir Putin, the US withdrawal from the ABM Treaty in 2002 forced Russia to start developing hypersonic weapons: "We had to create these [hypersonic] weapons in response to the US deployment of a strategic missile defense system, which in the future would be capable of virtually ...
The Kremlin presents new hypersonic weapons as supposedly capable of overcoming "any" foreign missile defense systems, with the "pre-nuclear deterrence" concept contained in its 2014 iteration of the official Russian Military Doctrine. [7] A volley of Russian hypersonic missiles were launched at Kyiv in January 2023. [8]
It is the first hypersonic weapon used in combat. [8] It has been deployed at airbases in Russia's Southern Military District and Western Military District. [9] [10] The Kinzhal entered service in December 2017 and was one of the six new Russian strategic weapons unveiled by Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2018. [11]
The Kinzhal entered service in December 2017. Two years later, Putin declared that it and other Russian hypersonic weapons proved that Russia was leading the world in hypersonic capability.
Experts say the Zircon, if it lives up to what the Russian government says about it, is a formidable weapon. Its hypersonic speed makes it invulnerable to even the best Western missile defenses ...
Russia’s military has claimed to have twice unleashed hypersonic missiles in its invasion of Ukraine, apparently destroying an arms depot in the process, during its monthlong onslaught.
U.S. officials have noted that the Oreshnik remains experimental despite its advanced features. Though Putin has emphasized claims of the experimental nature of the system and its hypersonic capability, according to several military experts, the weapon is actually an application of old technology used for many years in ICBMs. [5]
As China and Russia lead the way in using advanced hypersonics for weapons development, the U.S. must leverage our full engine of innovation to catch up and leap ahead by reducing barriers to test ...