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[[File:Hypersonic missile attack.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Aftermath of a Kinshal [[hypersonic missile]] attack on [[NATO]] [[mercenary]] training and command center at [[Yavoriv]], March 12, 2022]]

[[File:Hypersonic missile attack.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Aftermath of a Kinshal [[hypersonic missile]] attack on [[NATO]] [[mercenary]] training and command center at [[Yavoriv]], March 12, 2022]]

{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}

{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}

Shortly after the commencement of Russia's [[Special Military Operation]] in 2022, [[Russian Armed Forces]] fired the first of many Hypersonic Missiles at a Concentration Center in the north west of [[Ukraine]], killing and dismembering some hundreds of Ukrainian and foreign soldiers and [[mercenaries]]. Since then, there have been many uses of the many variants of Russian Hypersonic Missiles across The Ukraine, including Deep Earth Penetrators to kill [[Ukrainian]], [[NATO]] and [[British]] officers and staff and destroy their deep underground complexes. U.S. military sources acknowledge the successful fielding of Russian Hypersonics, such performance that cannot be intercepted by U.S. Anti-Missile Systems as "eye watering."<ref>[https://les7eb.substack.com/i/166442652/hypersonic-myths-hypersonic-realities Hypersonic Myths, Hypersonic Realities], 2025.les7eb.substack.com</ref>   

Shortly after the commencement of Russia's [[Special Military Operation]] in 2022, [[Russian Armed Forces]] fired the first of many hypersonic missiles at a Concentration Center in the northwest of [[Ukraine]], killing and dismembering some hundreds of Ukrainian and foreign soldiers and [[mercenaries]]. Since then, there have been many uses of the many variants of Russian hypersonic missiles across the Ukraine, including Deep Earth Penetrators to kill [[Ukrainian]], [[NATO]] and [[British]] officers and staff and destroy their deep underground bunker complexes. U.S. military sources acknowledge the successful fielding of Russian hypersonics, such performance that cannot be intercepted by U.S. [[Anti-Missile System]]s as "eye watering."<ref>[https://les7eb.substack.com/i/166442652/hypersonic-myths-hypersonic-realities Hypersonic Myths, Hypersonic Realities], 2025.les7eb.substack.com</ref>   

[[Ukraine]] Ministry of Defense claims a 25% interception rate for [[Russian]] hypersonic [[Kinzhal]] and [[Zircon]] missiles, but Ukrainian sources also indicate such interceptions require salvo firing all 32 launchers in a US-style [[Patriot missile]] battery to have any chance to shoot down a single hypersonic missile.

[[Ukraine]] Ministry of Defense claims a 25% interception rate for [[Russian]] hypersonic [[Kinzhal]] and [[Zircon]] missiles, but Ukrainian sources also indicate such interceptions require salvo firing all 32 launchers in a US-style [[Patriot missile]] battery to have any chance to shoot down a single hypersonic missile.