Post AVUUrdKRGDwk739zQu by rhave@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AVUUrdKRGDwk739zQu by rhave@mastodon.social
       2023-05-09T20:50:18Z
       
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       Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder has confirmed that Ukraine shot down the Russian Kinzhal missile with a Patriot air-defense missile.@anderspuck @simonhoejbjerg how big a deal is this? As a layman my perception so far has been that Kinzhals, being hypersonic missiles, have been a threat to which we've had no defense against.https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/09/world/russia-ukraine-news?smid=url-share#b89ddceb-659d-5c9e-96f0-142946edc11c
       
 (DIR) Post #AVUUreHzgnaL5l1YGG by anderspuck@krigskunst.social
       2023-05-09T21:24:45Z
       
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       @rhave @simonhoejbjerg It's a pretty big deal, because this is a direct duel between Patriot and Russia's newest missiles. But Kinzhal is essentially just an air launched version of Iskander, so it has much the same characteristics. Only because it's air launched it doesn't waste fuel getting off the ground. So the label "hypersonic" is a bit misleading, because in reality it's not much different from Iskander.