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Nov 29 2024 
“Hazelnuts are here. How long until the hypersonic “pistachios” arrive?”
By Quantum Bird
Straight to the point. The appearance of the new Russian hypersonic weapons system, nicknamed Oreshnik – or hazelnut tree – is a significant step towards the obsolescence of nuclear bombs. Details about the design and operation of the Oreshnik remain scarce, but we do know that it is a medium-range ballistic missile with… Continue reading -
Nov 26 2024 
A defining moment in the Ukraine war
… a terribly beauty is born…
By Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at the Indian Punchline.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a statement on Thursday regarding the two attacks by Western long-range weapons on Russian territory on November 19 and 21 and Moscow’s reactive strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defence industrial complex in the city of Dnepropetrovsk with a hitherto unknown non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic… Continue reading
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Nov 22 2024 
Oreshnik – The 3 Km per Second Plot Twist
Nothing to see here. Just a hypersonic demo. Well, not really.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
The average American is only capable of making (some sort of) sense of the world through movies. So let’s go back to a classic: the opening sequence of Coppola’s Apocalypse Now – the Vietnam war counterpart to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of… Continue reading -
Sep 18 2024 
They spit on you with hypersonic force!
By Marat Khairullin
Notice how the Americans were embarrassed after the Houthis struck Israel with a hypersonic missile? The topic of long-range strikes immediately disappeared.
It must be said that, for a specialist, such a strike says a lot. For example, the Houthi hypersonic attack can be called very “tactful” – the missile flew along the coast… Continue reading
