Russian officer: Missile to carry several hypersonic weapons

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

MOSCOW (AP) — A new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is capable of carrying several hypersonic weapons, a senior Russian military officer said Sunday.

Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev, the commander of the Russian military's Strategic Missile Forces, said in televised remarks that the new Sarmat ICBM is designed to carry several Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said the Sarmat was test-fired for the first time Wednesday from the Plesetsk launch facility in northern Russia and its practice warheads have successfully reached mock targets on the Kura firing range on the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.

The test launch came amid soaring tensions between Moscow and the West over the Russian military action in Ukraine and underlines the Kremlin’s emphasis on the country’s nuclear forces.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-officer-missile-to-carry-several-hypersonic-weapons/ar-AAWx9qI

Hey Tucker, maybe you can sell this guy your male parts enhancing laser.

[RKP5637]

1. Can we give Tucker a ride on the new missile? n/t

[BeyondGeography]

2. And utterly meaningless in Ukraine

Btw, Sergei, how’s it going in the Donbas?

[Tomconroy]

3. A hypersonic missile is a useless innovation in the context of

An icbm. Ours will arrive plenty fast.

[Travel Hat]

4. ICBM reentry warheads ARE actually hyper-sonic weapons

So it doesn't make sense. The only thing that does make sense is more miss information to scare people.

[misanthrope]

5. They're also claiming it can move at 20,000-plus mph

yet still make relatively sharp evasive maneuvers.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Yeah, Sure!

What are the stabilizers made of, diamonds?
Also, I don't believe the 20k figure. That's 80% of the escape velocity. A modest change in air density would exponentially alter the ballistic trajectory.
If it seems to run counter to the known physics, there's reason for skepticism.

[misanthrope]

10. I know. I actually laughed when I read the claims.

A missile at that speed wouldn't even need a warhead to cause some damage. That's a LOT of energy traveling with it.

[Mr.Bill]

9. If that were true,

why would they tell anybody?

[misanthrope]

11. Precisely**nm

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[maxrandb]

6. What? No sharks with laser beams?