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Putin fires hypersonic missile at Ukraine: Russia steps up war of attrition with another strike on west of country with 9,000mph missile
MAILONLINE ^ | 19 March 2022 | CHRIS JEWERS and WILL STEWART

Posted on 03/19/2022 2:56:37 AM PDT by dennisw

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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

They lie all the time.

Russia’s nuclear-powered arsenal is ‘highly exaggerated’: Experts say the Kremlin’s claims are unfounded, as shocking new images reveal the country faking a cruise missile attack

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5989821/amp/Russias-nuclear-powered-arsenal-greatly-exaggerated.html


41 posted on 03/19/2022 4:57:44 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Celtic Conservative

Is there a NATO capitol that he couldn’t strike?


42 posted on 03/19/2022 5:10:44 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: BiglyCommentary

What planet are you living on? Pluto?
You need to read some history.
Who were the first country to go to space? Russia.
First country to send a satellite to space? Russia
First country to send man to space? Russia
First county to send a woman to space? Russia
Biggest exporter of wheat on the planet today? Russia
Whatever drugs you are taking, you’d better give it up quick and stop reading mindless, ignorant propaganda and disinformation from the notorious Daily Mail.


43 posted on 03/19/2022 5:16:21 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: gundog

Nope.
Russia has had the ability to strike anywhere they want for over 50 years.


44 posted on 03/19/2022 5:18:46 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Cronos

Nope.
Putin showing what power he has and what he can do if he really wanted to.


45 posted on 03/19/2022 5:20:17 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Vlad, knock off posting more fluffer crap and focus on weaseling out of your huge screwup before you lose your head


46 posted on 03/19/2022 5:20:45 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: dennisw

“The question is, does he really have hypersonic missiles that can travel 5-8 thousand miles? With nukes on them?”

Before a weapon is cleared for full scale production a certain number of tests must be made. This was almost certainly a test missile only used against a real target. (The best kind of test.) As to putting nukes on them, probably not. The reason is they are kinetic-kill weapons, not explosive weapons. What makes the big explosion when they hit is the sudden transfer of kinetic energy to the target. To achieve that kind of speed the missile must go VERY fast, which means the weight of the missile is mostly fuel and guidance equipment. The problem with nukes is the explosive element must be shielded as the long-term storage of the radioactive elements degrades any nearby guidance and control equipment. Also, you don’t want your missile causing the people who handle and load it to become sterile.


47 posted on 03/19/2022 5:22:50 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry.)
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To: SmokingJoe

What’s it like to be lovesick like that over Russia? Do you have big posters of Vlad hanging in your bedroom ?


48 posted on 03/19/2022 5:22:56 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Celtic Conservative
A weapon that advanced would be wasted in a war such as this.

How so?
What's the point of having super advanced weapons if you cant use them in war?

49 posted on 03/19/2022 5:24:05 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: dennisw

Well Zelesnky and his co-horts beside him did say if it meant war to get into NATO that would be “Cool”. ...... Like a gang of tough hoods who thought they could be hero’s going up against Russia... while the bodies of their own people line the streets is not too great a price for membership in the Old Boys NATO club....which they’ll never see.


50 posted on 03/19/2022 5:25:05 AM PDT by caww ( )
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51 posted on 03/19/2022 5:27:32 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Cobra64; canuck_conservative

You people cannot be serious.


52 posted on 03/19/2022 5:27:33 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: odawg

That would get pretty hot traveling through the atmosphere.


53 posted on 03/19/2022 5:28:17 AM PDT by waredbird
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54 posted on 03/19/2022 5:29:13 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: caww

The missile, which has a range of 1,250 miles, is nuclear capable. This was a conventional strike.


55 posted on 03/19/2022 5:30:10 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: BiglyCommentary

Get off the drugs boy, smell the coffee and face reality for a change.
And stop posting mindless fluff and top voting for Dementia Joe.


56 posted on 03/19/2022 5:30:45 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Earth to space, come in... Your glorious motherland’s military is the laughingstock of the whole world today.


57 posted on 03/19/2022 5:31:08 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: BiglyCommentary

Is that why Dementia Joe’s America got clobbered by a bunch of stone age warriors in Afghanistan after 20 years of fighting and after spending trillions of dollars that we borrowed?


58 posted on 03/19/2022 5:34:18 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Celtic Conservative

Cheap testing.


59 posted on 03/19/2022 5:34:34 AM PDT by G Larry (Tolerance will rise until intelligent people are banned from thinking to avoid offending imbeciles)
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To: dennisw

bkmk


60 posted on 03/19/2022 5:34:41 AM PDT by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.)
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