Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Kremlin presents new hypersonic weapons as supposedly capable of overcoming "any" foreign missile defense systems, with the "pre-nuclear deterrence" concept contained in its 2014 iteration of the official Russian Military Doctrine. [6] A volley of Russian hypersonic missiles were launched at Kyiv in January 2023. [7]
Kh-47M2 Kinzhal. The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ( Russian: Х-47М2 Кинжал, lit. ' Dagger '; NATO reporting name: AS-24 Killjoy) is a Russian hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile. [4] [5] It has an estimated range of 460–480 km (290–300 mi) [6] and a reported top speed of Mach 10. [3] [6] It can carry either conventional or nuclear warheads ...
3M22 Zircon. The 3M22 Zircon, [13] also spelled as Tsirkon ( Russian: Циркон, NATO reporting name: SS-N-33) [14] is a Russian scramjet -powered, nuclear-capable hypersonic cruise missile. Produced by NPO Mashinostroyeniya for the Russian Navy, the missile utilizes the ZS-14 launch platforms on frigates and submarines.
The Avangard ( Russian: Авангард, "Vanguard"; previously known as Objekt 4202, Yu-71 and Yu-74) is a Russian hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) that can be carried as an MIRV payload by the UR-100UTTKh, [9] [10] R-36M2 and RS-28 Sarmat heavy ICBMs. It can deliver both nuclear and conventional payloads. [11] [12] [13] The Avangard is ...
The Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name: AA-13 "Axehead") [1] is a Russian hypersonic air-to-air missile with very long range. The missile and its variants also had the names K-37, izdeliye 610 and RVV-BD (Ракета Воздух-Воздух Большой Дальности (Raketa Vozduh-Vozduh Bolshoy Dalnosti), "Long range air-to-air rocket"), and the NATO codenames "Axehead" and "Andi". [2]
The RS-28 Sarmat (Russian: РС-28 Сармат, [8] named after the Sarmatians; [9] NATO reporting name: SS-X-29 [10] or SS-X-30 [11]), often colloquially referred to as Satan II by media outlets, is a three-stage Russian silo-based, liquid-fueled, HGV-capable and FOBS-capable super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) produced by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau.
The "super weapons" named were: The Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle. The 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. The 3M22 Zircon scramjet -powered anti-ship hypersonic cruise missile. The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile. The Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle. The RS-28 Sarmat liquid-fueled, MIRV ...
BrahMos-II or BrahMos-2 or BrahMos Mark II is a hypersonic scramjet -propelled missile currently under joint development by India 's Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia 's NPO Mashinostroyenia, which have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited. The BrahMos-II is expected to have a range of 1,500 kilometres (930 ...