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| − | + | On March 12, 2022, [[Russian]] forces combat tested for the first time the [[hypersonic]] ''Kinzhal'' (''Daggar'') missile against a [[NATO]] weapons storage facility at Deliatyn, [[Ukraine]]. A hypersonic missile can fly at 5 times the speed of sound (3,800 mph) and even greater. NATO, which has used the [[NATO war in Ukraine|Ukraine conflict]] to showcase new [[weapon]]s [[technology]] which only served to prolong the conflict and increase the death toll, at the time had no such operational equivalent nor defense against hypersonic missiles. | |
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Revision as of 20:44, October 23, 2023
On March 12, 2022, Russian forces combat tested for the first time the hypersonic Kinzhal (Daggar) missile against a NATO weapons storage facility at Deliatyn, Ukraine. A hypersonic missile can fly at 5 times the speed of sound (3,800 mph) and even greater. NATO, which has used the Ukraine conflict to showcase new weapons technology which only served to prolong the conflict and increase the death toll, at the time had no such operational equivalent nor defense against hypersonic missiles.