RT reported that on November 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the attack power of Russia's new modern Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile is similar to an meteorological collision. This hypersonic weapon is capable of successfully hitting solid targets.
Russia has a number of such missiles at its disposal and has begun mass production of these advanced weapons systems, President Putin said at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in the capital Astana of Kazakhstan on November 28.
"The power of the missile is like a fallen meteorite. From history, we know where the meteorite fell and what the consequences were, which lakes were formed," the Russian leader said.
One of the world's largest clashing clashing clashing clashes - Manicouagan Lake in Canada - has a multi-ring structure with a diameter of up to about 100km. The diameter of its inner ring is about 70km.
The Russian leader pointed out that the Oreshnik system also has dozens of self-driving warheads capable of hitting targets while traveling 10 times faster than the speed of sound.
A major attack with such missiles would be equivalent to a nuclear explosion, Putin added. " whatever was in the center of the attack was wiped out into elemental particles, turned into dust," the president said.
The Russian military is selecting targets for potential Oreshnik attacks. Mr. Putin warned that this system could be used to retaliate against the "Kiev regime" if Ukraine's long-range missile attacks on Russia and data provided by the West continue.
These targets could include Ukraine's "decision-making centers" as well as military and industrial facilities, Putin said.
Last week, Russia deployed the Oreshnik missile system to attack a major arms plant in the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk as part of a so-called combat test. The attack was in response to "assistent actions by NATO members" supporting Kiev, Putin said.
The Ukrainian military has recently launched several strikes on targets in Russia's Bryansk and Kursk regions, using US-made ATACMS and British-France Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles.
On November 25, Washington confirmed that it had lifted restrictions on the use of ATACMS by the Kiev military. Previously, Paris also confirmed that it would allow Kiev to use SCALP missiles at their maximum range.
Speaking at the CSTO summit, President Putin said that Russian weapons are superior in some aspects to Western-made missiles. Russia is also producing much more of these missiles than the entire NATO bloc.
In particular, Oreshnik "of course has no rivals in the world and I believe that no rivals will appear in the near future" - President Putin emphasized.
