The Rise and Fall of Russia's Hypersonic Missiles.
TL;DR
Russia fired hypersonic Kinzhal missiles at Kyiv on Tuesday, with Ukraine claiming to have shot down all six, and Russia claiming one got through air defences to destroy a U.S.-built Patriot surface-to-air anti-missile defence system. The Kinzhal is an air-launched ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads, with a reported range of 1,500 to 2,000 km and speeds of up to Mach 10. It is one of six "next generation" weapons unveiled by President Vladimir Putin in 2018, and Russia claims to be the global leader in hypersonic missiles.
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- Factbox: What do we know about Kinzhal, Russia's hypersonic missile? Reuters
- Humiliation for Putin's 'Unstoppable' Superweapon Blasted Out of Sky by U.S. Defense System The Daily Beast
- Russia claims it destroyed Ukrainian Patriot air defence system with hypersonic missile The Telegraph
- Russia’s most potent hypersonic weapon neutralised, says Ukraine The Guardian
- Ukraine 'downs six hypersonic missiles': why it matters Yahoo News
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