Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Moscow:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday instructed a missile ‘duel’ with the USA that will present how Russia’s new Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile may defeat any U.S. missile defence system.
Addressing Western scepticism in regards to the Oreshnik, Putin instructed that either side choose a chosen goal to be protected by U.S. missiles.
“We’re prepared for such an experiment,” Putin mentioned.
Putin additionally mentioned that Oreshnik was a contemporary weapon, although it’s primarily based on earlier Russian design developments.
Russia first fired the Oreshnik missile on the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro on Nov. 21, in what Putin forged as a response to Ukraine’s first use of U.S. ATACMs ballistic missiles and British Storm Shadows to strike Russian territory with Western permission.
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