Russia, Ukraine and Oreshnik
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As hypersonic missiles move from prototypes to deployed weapons, the race to launch them from mobile platforms is reshaping global power balances. Russia and China are fielding aircraft, ships and road-mobile launchers that can fire at more than five times the speed of sound while on the move,
With a reported range of up to 5,500 kilometres, the Oreshnik ballistic missile theoretically puts much of Europe within reach.
Russian Telegram channels have released a video apparently showing a failed launch of an UR-100N intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with an Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle. Source: Ukrainian military media outlet Militarnyi, citing the video ...
The Su-75 fighter, Khabarovsk submarine, Sarmat missiles and other developments will undergo the last stages of testing.