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Russia Would Have Fired Hypersonic Missiles: What Kind Of Weapons Are They? by Rosegreen2090(f): 10:03pm On Mar 22, 2022
Russia would have fired hypersonic missiles: what kind of weapons are they?

Russia claims that last week it fired so-called hypersonic missiles at targets in Ukraine for the first time.

What kind of weapons are these and what makes these missiles so dangerous?

Part of the answer lies in the name of the missiles. Hypersonic indicates that they are much faster than regular long-range weapons or even fighter jets.

Fighter planes or the famous passenger plane the Concorde are ‘only’ supersonic. That is, they are faster than the sound.

Such speeds are indicated by a mach number. From mach 1 (more than 1,200 kilometers per hour) you are above the speed of sound.

The hypersonic missiles go at least five times faster than the sound (mach 5). “The dagger,” as the Russians call their hypersonic missile, may be much faster.

Because hypersonic missiles are so fast, it is virtually impossible for defense systems to intercept them.

The approach route of such missiles is also different from that of, for example, a ballistic missile.

Simply put, hypersonic missiles are not fired at their target with


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Re: Russia Would Have Fired Hypersonic Missiles: What Kind Of Weapons Are They? by Illuminatiship(m): 10:06pm On Mar 22, 2022
Ok

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Re: Russia Would Have Fired Hypersonic Missiles: What Kind Of Weapons Are They? by dominicnwogo(m): 10:12pm On Mar 22, 2022
Why didn't they �. Those guys need serious rehabilitation.

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Re: Russia Would Have Fired Hypersonic Missiles: What Kind Of Weapons Are They? by rickpat(m): 10:16pm On Mar 22, 2022
buhari go to Russia and give Putin a strong, serious and precise warning...

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Re: Russia Would Have Fired Hypersonic Missiles: What Kind Of Weapons Are They? by Rosegreen2090(f): 10:19pm On Mar 22, 2022
grin
rickpat:
buhari go to Russia and give Putin a strong, serious and precise warning...
shocked shocked

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Re: Russia Would Have Fired Hypersonic Missiles: What Kind Of Weapons Are They? by rickpat(m): 10:24pm On Mar 22, 2022
Rosegreen2090:
grin shocked shocked
yes na... buhari can be useful by stopping putin

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Re: Russia Would Have Fired Hypersonic Missiles: What Kind Of Weapons Are They? by Rosegreen2090(f): 11:43pm On Mar 22, 2022
rickpat:
yes na... Buhari can be useful by stopping putin
embarassed shocked grin
Re: Russia Would Have Fired Hypersonic Missiles: What Kind Of Weapons Are They? by Rosegreen2090(f): 2:31pm On Mar 23, 2022
rickpat:
yes na... buhari can be useful by stopping putin
Very useful
Re: Russia Would Have Fired Hypersonic Missiles: What Kind Of Weapons Are They? by rickpat(m): 6:29pm On Mar 23, 2022
cheesy
Rosegreen2090:
Very useful
cheesy
Rosegreen2090:
Very useful

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