Dimitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said that under protocol, Russia was not required to notify the American side in advance of the missile launch because the Oreshnik is not an ...
“In this case, with a ballistic missile in non-nuclear hypersonic equipment. Our missilemen called it ‘Oreshnik.’ The tests were successful. The launch goal was achieved.” This comes after ...
According to the official, Russia likely only possesses "a handful" of these experimental missiles. The launch raises the prospect of nuclear weapons; IRBMs and ICBMs can both be equipped with ...
Capable of traveling at ten times the speed of sound, the missile underscores the technology gap between Russia and the United States, which has yet to field a comparable weapon. The launch was in ...
The Russian missile that struck the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday reached a top speed of more than 13,000 kph (8,000 mph) and took about 15 minutes to reach its target from its launch ...
KYIV — By launching a new nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday, Russia was threatening Kyiv and its Western allies with the aim of stopping Ukrainian ...