FighterControl

What a surprise!....

to absolutely nobody.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c20726y20kvt

now reported as a BM not an inter continental

Codename Oreshnik according to Putin. Mach 10 - which makes it difficult if not impossible to protect against. Hypersonic missiles is one area where Russia seems to excel.

As a ballistic missile it's not a hypersonic missile in the sense of how that term is generally used, otherwise we've had hypersonic missiles in our inventory for decades. Atmospheric hypersonic missiles are where lots of nations are piling money, though Russia's so far have not had a brilliant record in Ukraine. Problem that's often overlooked is that you don't need your interceptor missile to be as fast as a hypersonic missile, you just need it to get in its way.