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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> | |
[[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. | ||
Revision as of 16:50, July 5, 2025
A hypersonic missile travels at extremely high speech, typically at Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound, 3,800 mph) or greater, which makes them more difficult to shoot down with a missile defense system.
China, Russia and Iran have developed this technology. The Russian Kinzhal (Dagger) is the most famous combat tested hypersonic missile. In the United States, former SpaceX employees founded Castelion, which is a for-profit private-sector company attempting to develop this advanced technology.[1]
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."[2]
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.