Putin says Russia is leading world in hypersonic weapons

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only country in the world to deploy hypersonic weapons.

Speaking at a meeting with top military brass, Putin said that for the first time in history Russia is now leading the world in developing an entire new class of weapons unlike in the past when it was catching up with the United States.

The Russian leader noted that during Cold War times, the Soviet Union was behind the United States in designing the atomic bomb and building strategic bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.

“Now we have a situation that is unique in modern history when they are trying to catch up to us,” he said. “Not a single country has hypersonic weapons, let alone hypersonic weapons of intercontinental range.”



Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend an annual meeting with top military officials in the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019.Putin said that Russia is the only country in the world that has hypersonic weapons even though its military spending is a fraction of the U.S. military budget. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)


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[oldsoftie]

1. This has been coming for years. No surprise. But it certainly needs to be countered.

Just like any other new weapon system

[Lock him up.]

2. Fuck Putin

And all the stupid warmongers like him too.

[Roy Rolling]

3. "Hypersonic"

That means faster than 600mph.

Which means one side would be totally annihilated a few seconds before the other is totally annihilated.

Bragging about insignificance.

[lonely bird]

7. Old technology.

SR-71 travelled at approximately 3000 mph.

[oldsoftie]

8. Hypersonic is defined as more than 5x the speed of sound. Very significant.

[Sapient Donkey]

16. As mentioned above, hypersonic is much faster than 600 mph

It's more like 3.8k mph. The big deal is that by the time such missiles are detected it's too late to attempt to counter them (shoot them down, move, or confuse them) This is different than if some subsonic and non-stealthy missiles are fired at something. In that case there is a good chance it will be shot down in an air with solid air defense. A long range hypersonic anti-ship missile is a huge risk to carriers. It really does change things based on my understanding.

[rickyhall]

18. Mach 5 or 6 thousand (6000) mph more like.

[Roy Rolling]

21. Here's the point

10,000 mph is not significant in a nuclear war of mutually-assured destruction.

Does anybody really think Moscow would annihilate any place in The U.S. without destroying itself in the process?

So 600 mph or 6000 mph—the result is the end of the world.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Neah neah-neah neah neah booga booga booga.

[abqtommy]

5. Yawn. The weapons that really bother me is sPUTINs ability to shape political and social events

to his liking. (like installing tRUMP as pRESIDENT and corrupting entire groups of politicians) I'll take a quick death from some Weapon Of Mass Destruction as being more desirable than the living hell of
tRUMP and his cultists. But then neither one of those options is the best choice, is it?

[DaDeacon]

6. In other news Sony loves new Betamax format!

LOL

[Scarsdale]

9. Did he thank Comrade tRump?

No doubt some of the plans came from the Pentagon, after they shared them with tRump.

[Scarsdale]

10. Putin's largest and most helpful weapon was the

one he installed in the White House. It is not "smart" by any means, but certainly very destructive. It is very fast at destroying the US.

[jpak]

11. The US is not far behind and Putin will regret it

Yup

The First U.S. Hypersonic Weapons: Arrow and Hacksaw

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a22791042/the-first-us-hypersonic-weapons-arrow-and-hacksaw/

The U.S. Air Force has awarded contracts to defense giant Lockheed Martin to develop two new hypersonic weapon systems. The contracts are in response to the rapid development of hypersonics in Russia and China, a development that could challenge U.S. technological superiority.

The first weapon, the AGM-183A Advanced Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW, pronounced “Arrow”) is an outgrowth of the DARPA’s Tactical Boost Glide program. ARRW is a rocket carried aloft by an aircraft such as a B-52 bomber and has a top speed of up to Mach 20. This makes it up to four times faster than Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons, including Starry Sky 2 and Kinzhal. The Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $480 million contract to develop the ARRW, with an eye towards operational capability in 2021.

The second weapon is the Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW, or “Hacksaw”). A solid fuel rocket with GPS guidance, HCSW is also designed to be carried by aircraft with a planned in-service date of 2022. Lockheed Martin received $928 million to work on Hacksaw in April 2018.

These aren’t the Pentagon’s only hypersonic projects. DARPA’s Tactical Boost Glide, a weapon with a 500 nautical mile range, is set to begin flight tests in 2019. DARPA is also working on the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC), which uses scramjet engines to cruise at hypersonic speeds. The U.S. Navy tested an unnamed boost glide weapon in November 2017.

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[onethatcares]

12. that's just fucking great

can we just all work for the MIC and live in barracks and eat in mess halls while building weapons of mass destruction to kill each other with.

You know Lockheed Martin is chompin at the bit to build a bunch of threat busters, and then Russia will build more which we'll have to counter by building more, and they'll have to build more to get a head of us so we'll build more yada yada yada yada.

Merry Christmas you all, and don't forget, We're celebrating the King of Peace birthday tomorrow.

[Baked Potato]

13. USA has better satellites

Our MIC strong like bull !

[Firestorm49]

14. He's probably been given the technology from Trump.

[Flaleftist]

15. So what?

Any strike would be met by retaliation. The US and allies have missiles positioned all over the place, plus submarines roaming the oceans that can also launch weapons. Of course, I don't know how much Trump can be trusted if Russia does bomb us or our allies, but that's true regardless of the speed of Russia's weapons.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

17. re: "Not a single country has hypersonic weapons..."

Let me get this straight. Putin is unaware of the LGM-30G Minuteman III which is now the only US deployed land based ICBM?? The Minuteman III has a speed of Mach 23.



Perhaps it's time for Russia to stop blocking IP address 208.80.154.232 and allow queries to Wikipedia.

[The_jackalope]

19. Hypersonic weapons aren't ballistic like sn ICBM

They move fast close to the surface like cruise missiles, so are very hard to counter. They are real threats to warships. That said, MAD still applies.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

22. My only point was that Putin's statement is not accurate.

[paleotn]

20. First off, he's a Russian leader. I'd believe IQ45 before I believe him...

...secondly, does Russia really want another arms race? That went so well for them the last time.

[Hekate]

23. There are American Embassy workers (Cuba and I think China) permanently disabled ...

...from what is believed to be this shit.

Hey, but Donald's going to get to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, so it's all good.