Russia
The Russia-Ukraine war has escalated significantly in recent times. After America gave permission to Ukraine to use long-range missiles, Russia has also retaliated with dangerous missiles. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new announcement has increased the tension in the world. He said Russia had attacked Ukraine with a new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile in response to the use of American and British missiles.
Attack with ‘Orasonic’ missile
According to news agency Reuters, Putin said on Thursday that the Ukraine war is moving towards a global conflict because the US and Britain have allowed Ukraine to attack deeper into Russia with its missiles. Putin has also warned the West that Moscow may retaliate. Putin said Russia has launched one of its latest medium-range missiles, “Orashnik”, at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. The Ukrainian city is home to missile and space rocket company Pivdenmash, known to Russians as Yuzhmash.
What is Orasonic Missile?
Describing the characteristics of this new missile, Putin said that “Orashnik” was a hypersonic ballistic missile. He said that it travels at 10 times the speed of sound and hence cannot be stopped. Reuters, citing Russian sources, reported that it had a range of 5,000 km (3,100 mi), allowing Russia to attack most of Europe and the West Coast of the United States.
Yuri Podollyka, a prominent Ukraine-born Russian supporter and military blogger, told Reuters it appeared to have multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles: separate warheads, capable of hitting different targets. Are. Russian military expert Anatoly Matvichuk told the agency that it could carry six to eight conventional or nuclear warheads and was likely already in service. Earlier, the Pentagon had said that the missile fired by Russia was based on the “RS-26 Rubezh” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).