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Hypersonic weapons – how does it work?  The Russians admitted its use in Ukraine

Hypersonic weapons – how does it work? The Russians admitted its use in Ukraine

On Saturday, March 19, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the use of the “Kindżal” hypersonic missile. During the night, the army fired on the Ukrainian underground military installation. According to this, this is the first time that this type of weapon has been used in the war in Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine. Russia used hypersonic weapons

Hypersonic missiles are a weapon that has been developed by such powers as Russia and the United States for years. For now, however, only Russia has used this type of weapon – China is to test its own missiles, and the US is still in the missile preparation phase. Thus, Russia has become the absolute leader of this type of weapon. What are hypersonic weapons characterized by?

Hypersonic projectiles are weapons that travel several times faster than the speed of sound. In practice, this means that such a rocket covers from 1.6 to even eight kilometers in just one second. The enormous speed of the shells means that it can be successfully used during an offensive.

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Kindżał is a hypersonic cruise missile – it can evade any defense system

According to the data of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the hypersonic missiles can change course during the flight, which, apart from speed, makes it even more difficult to shoot them down. “Kindżał”, a missile used in the war in Ukraine, belongs to hypersonic cruise missiles that use normal engines – these missiles can dodge during flight. Apart from them, hypersonic missiles may resemble gliding vehicles – after launching such a rocket, they reach the target in a glider flight – their flight trajectory, however, is difficult to calculate.

“Kindżał” is an air-to-ground missile that can be launched from the ground or from the air (using the MiG-31K fighter or, recently, the Tu-22M3 bomber). The maximum range of this rocket is up to three thousand kilometers. Hypersonic speed avoids any defense system – including very modern Patriot batteries.

According to the Americans, they started working on hypersonic missiles only from the moment when it was announced that the successful work on this type of weapon in Russia and China was announced. Previously, the US focused on hypersonic spacecraft and missiles for carrying conventional warheads, for example to fight terrorists.

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