This Sunday, the Security Service of Ukraine showed the media the remains of the new Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile which on November 21 hit a factory in the city of Dnipro, in central Ukraine.
These fragments have been shown to several international news agencies such as AP or AFP in an undisclosed location from Ukraine before being analyzed by investigators.
“It is the first time that remains of a missile of this type have been discovered on the territory of Ukraine,” said Oleg, an expert from the Ukrainian Security Service, identified only by his first name.
“This object had not been documented by security researchers before,” added this Ukrainian researcher in statements collected by the AFP agency.
Of this missile launched by Russia – which is capable of carrying conventional or nuclear warheads – only charred and destroyed cables and a structure the size of a snow tire.
The Ukrainian Security Service investigator added that they are already examining these fragments and that later “they will give answers” about the characteristics of the missile.
As detailed by the General Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine, the Russian hypersonic missile was fired from the 4th Missile Testing Range, Kapustin Yar, in the Russian region of Astrakhan, and flew for 15 minutes before hitting the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
The missile also had six homing heads with six submunitions each one, and in the final stretch of its trajectory it reached a speed greater than Mach 11, that is, eleven times the speed of sound.
Last Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin justified the launch of this new missile in response to Ukraine’s use of ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles from the USA and the United Kingdom.
The Russian president stuck out his chest in an appearance when he assured that “no one in the world” has a system like Oreshnikcapable of bypassing any anti-missile shield. “Yes, sooner or later other powers will also have it (…). But that will be tomorrow, or in one or two years, and we have it now, and that is the important thing,” he assured.
In addition, he announced that Russia will continue testing the new missile and serial production will begin of this new system. “We will continue with these tests, including in combat conditions. All depending on the situation and the nature of the security threats that are created for Russia,” he stated before indicating that they have “sufficient reserves” of these missiles.
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