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MINSK, 29 November (BelTA) – In a new episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel Russian military observer of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, retired colonel Viktor Baranets spoke about the fundamental advantages of the Oreshnik missile.
“First of all, it is a hypersonic missile. Putin said that it can strike targets at a speed of Mach 10-12. No radar in the world can detect such a speed. People operating missile defense systems cannot yet deceive the laws of physics. And if a missile cannot be spotted by a radar, it is even less possible to launch a missile from a missile defense system. It is useless,” said Viktor Baranets.
The military observer went on saying that the Oreshnik carries several warheads. “It is nuke-capable, but Putin has said several times that it was non-nuclear [reference to the Oreshnik missile used to strike one of Ukraine's military installations]. I am often asked: “Viktor Nikolayevich, even if these were TNT warheads, why was there no fountain of explosions?” But this is the feature of these warheads. They penetrated certain facilities of Yuzhmash located at a great depth, and exploded at the workshops that were hidden six meters underground. For us, this was the most important thing - to destroy everything that was being created there,” he emphasized.
Viktor Baranets noted that the people who launch Oreshnik know very well how to use it. “We have sent a sign to Ukraine and the West that we will not tolerate their insolence any longer,” the military observer added.
“First of all, it is a hypersonic missile. Putin said that it can strike targets at a speed of Mach 10-12. No radar in the world can detect such a speed. People operating missile defense systems cannot yet deceive the laws of physics. And if a missile cannot be spotted by a radar, it is even less possible to launch a missile from a missile defense system. It is useless,” said Viktor Baranets.
The military observer went on saying that the Oreshnik carries several warheads. “It is nuke-capable, but Putin has said several times that it was non-nuclear [reference to the Oreshnik missile used to strike one of Ukraine's military installations]. I am often asked: “Viktor Nikolayevich, even if these were TNT warheads, why was there no fountain of explosions?” But this is the feature of these warheads. They penetrated certain facilities of Yuzhmash located at a great depth, and exploded at the workshops that were hidden six meters underground. For us, this was the most important thing - to destroy everything that was being created there,” he emphasized.
Viktor Baranets noted that the people who launch Oreshnik know very well how to use it. “We have sent a sign to Ukraine and the West that we will not tolerate their insolence any longer,” the military observer added.
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