{"id":25645,"date":"2024-11-23T07:25:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T07:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=25645"},"modified":"2024-11-23T07:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T07:25:35","slug":"russia-hits-ukraine-with-new-supersonic-missile-causing-global-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/11\/russia-hits-ukraine-with-new-supersonic-missile-causing-global-uproar\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia hits Ukraine with new supersonic missile causing global uproar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; A new &#8220;experimental&#8221; Russian missile travelled at over 11 times the speed of sound \u2014 or over 13,000 kilometres per hour \u2014 before hitting targets in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Kyiv&#8217;s top spy agency says.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the military had launched the new medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile weapon, known as &#8220;Oreshnik&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ukraine&#8217;s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) said in a statement on Friday it believed the missile had reached Mach 11 by the time it had reached its target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;The missile was equipped with six warheads: each equipped with six submunitions,&#8221; HUD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;The flight time of this Russian missile from the moment of its launch in the Astrakhan region to its impact in the city of Dnipro was 15 minutes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">However, Mr Putin as well as NATO and US sources later said the weapon was an intermediate-range ballistic missile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Putin said the missile travelled at such a speed that it could not be intercepted by air defences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Experts say it is possible for the weapon to be fitted with nuclear warheads, however on Thursday it was equipped with conventional explosives.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/104638290\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The US announces it will send anti-personnel landmines, just days after approving Western-made longer-range missile strikes in Russia.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">NATO will hold an emergency meeting with Ukraine at the alliance&#8217;s headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss Moscow&#8217;s strike, a NATO source told Reuters on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Oreshnik&#8217;s launch follows Ukraine&#8217;s reported use of UK and US-supplied missile systems inside Russia, which until recently had been blocked by Western allies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Putin said on Thursday the use of American and British weapons gave the conflict a &#8220;global nature&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described Russia&#8217;s strike as a &#8220;terrible escalation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Unlike the US or UK Germany&#8217;s government has not approved the use of its weapons by Kyiv inside Russian territory.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new &#8220;experimental&#8221; 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