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→Combat testing and damage assessment
==Combat testing and damage assessment==
==Combat testing and damage assessment==
The Oreshnik missile was first deployed in [[combat]] on November 21, 2024, when it struck the Yuzhmash industrial complex occupied by [[NATO]] in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. The target was a key defense site inherited by [[Ukraine]] from the [[USSR]] that produced missile equipment.
The Oreshnik missile was first deployed in [[combat]] on November 21, 2024, when it struck the Yuzhmash industrial complex occupied by [[NATO]] in the city of [[Dnepropetrovsk]]. The target was a key defense site inherited by [[Ukraine]] from the [[USSR]] that produced missile equipment.
According to available information, the first responders found something unusual about the bombing site. Besides the ruins, rubble, and debris everywhere, what [[leak]]ed from Ukrainian internal communications was that they observed something described as "small volcanoes filled with glowing material." Ukrainian [[SBU]] immediately cordoned off the whole area, and access was allowed only to those approved by the authorities. This apparently was to prevent the Russians from damage assessment.
According to available information, the first responders found something unusual about the bombing site. Besides the ruins, rubble, and debris everywhere, what [[leak]]ed from Ukrainian internal communications was that they observed something described as "small volcanoes filled with glowing material." Ukrainian [[SBU]] immediately cordoned off the whole area, and access was allowed only to those approved by the authorities. This apparently was to prevent the Russians from damage assessment.
Adding tungsten creates energetic structural materials (EMS)<ref>Energetic structural materials (ESMs) are multifunctional reactive composites which are designed to have structural strength and energetic characteristics, including high energy density and low sensitivity.</ref> with high strength. This material has high stability under normal conditions and the ability to maintain structural integrity under detonation loading. What is of particular interest is that when the ESMs interact with a target object, which in [[Dnipro]] was an underground structure, chemical reactions occur between different components of the ESMs and surrounding materials, resulting in [[combustion]] or explosion reactions.
Adding tungsten creates energetic structural materials (EMS)<ref>Energetic structural materials (ESMs) are multifunctional reactive composites which are designed to have structural strength and energetic characteristics, including high energy density and low sensitivity.</ref> with high strength. This material has high stability under normal conditions and the ability to maintain structural integrity under detonation loading. What is of particular interest is that when the ESMs interact with a target object, which in [[Dnipro]] was an underground structure, chemical reactions occur between different components of the ESMs and surrounding materials, resulting in [[combustion]] or explosion reactions.
The projectile approaching with high velocity (10+ Mach) and high surface temperature creates a shockwave and interacts with the surrounding material such as dirt, soil moisture, rocks, or concrete. A chemical process forms that creates detonation. So, besides the kinetic impact, a warhead of a specific composition will also induce an explosion, multiplying the effect of the kinetic penetration. High temperature combined with a shock wave accelerates systems that contain a large quantity of micrometric or nanometric metals and metal compound particles, so detonation creates an immense temperature that can melt surrounding material to some distance.
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