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Russian Oreshnik missile hit a grave warning to NATO, US, Ukraine
Witness accounts suggest that submunitions crashed at hypersonic speed into underground workshops and simply pulverized them
by Stephen Bryen
November 26, 2024
Eyewitnesses who live in the area near the factory say that there was no fire when the attack struck, yet they felt something like an "earthquake" that "cracked" some houses perhaps a mile away. Likewise there was no explosion in the conventional sense. What was it?
The Ukrainians, NATO and the United States have been alarmed about Russia’s use of the Oreshnik Intermediate Range Ballistic missile on a defense manufacturing plant in Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk).
The Russians say the missile was hypersonic, which it was, but that is only a small part of the story. Use of the missile has serious implications for Ukraine, NATO and the United States.
The Oreshnik was not any common ballistic missile. It mounted a hypersonic glide vehicle with MIRV/MARV capability. MIRV means Multiple Independently Targeted Reentry Vehicles. MARV means Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle (sometimes denoted as MaRV).
In the case of the Oreshnik (probably a version of another hypersonic platform called KEDR or Cedar), reports say that the glide vehicle released six warhead packages and each package released six submunitions. This means that up to 36 submunitions hit the Dnipro facility, (although Professor Ted Postal thinks there were 24).
The Oreshnik was allegedly put together from existing missiles including YARS and Bulava, the latter a submarine-launched ballistic missile. However the key part was a modified Avangard Glide Vehicle that is released from the missile and flies at hypersonic speed to its target.
The Russians say the Avangard speed is around Mach 20 or around 24,501.6 km/h (15,224.6 mph). The speed of the submunitions as they slam into their target is somewhat less, but probably just under Mach 10.
There is much speculation about the damage done at the Dnipro Yuzhmash aerospace manufacturing facility. However, enough is known to make it clear that this strike on the Dnipro facility had unique characteristics. Eyewitnesses who live in the area near the factory say that there was no fire when the attack struck, yet they felt something like an “earthquake” that “cracked” some houses perhaps a mile away. Likewise there was no explosion in the conventional sense. What was it?
YARS Launch
The Yuzhmash workshops that are functioning (much of the complex is no longer operational) are underground. The challenge for the Oreshnik payload was whether it could knock out the underground operations.
While we have no accounting as to how much was actually destroyed, again witness accounts say the working part of the facility was turned into dust. This suggests that the Oreshnik submunitions crashed at hypersonic speed into the workshops and simply pulverized them. There was no particular need for high explosives to do the job.
In effect, the Russians have put a Damoclean Sword on Zelensky’s head, as he operates from an underground bunker.
https://asiatimes.com/2024/11/russian-oreshnik-missile-hit-a-grave-warning-to-nato-us-ukraine/
Russian Oreshnik missile hit a grave warning to NATO, US, Ukraine
Witness accounts suggest that submunitions crashed at hypersonic speed into underground workshops and simply pulverized them
by Stephen Bryen
November 26, 2024
Eyewitnesses who live in the area near the factory say that there was no fire when the attack struck, yet they felt something like an "earthquake" that "cracked" some houses perhaps a mile away. Likewise there was no explosion in the conventional sense. What was it?
The Ukrainians, NATO and the United States have been alarmed about Russia’s use of the Oreshnik Intermediate Range Ballistic missile on a defense manufacturing plant in Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk).
The Russians say the missile was hypersonic, which it was, but that is only a small part of the story. Use of the missile has serious implications for Ukraine, NATO and the United States.
The Oreshnik was not any common ballistic missile. It mounted a hypersonic glide vehicle with MIRV/MARV capability. MIRV means Multiple Independently Targeted Reentry Vehicles. MARV means Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle (sometimes denoted as MaRV).
In the case of the Oreshnik (probably a version of another hypersonic platform called KEDR or Cedar), reports say that the glide vehicle released six warhead packages and each package released six submunitions. This means that up to 36 submunitions hit the Dnipro facility, (although Professor Ted Postal thinks there were 24).
The Oreshnik was allegedly put together from existing missiles including YARS and Bulava, the latter a submarine-launched ballistic missile. However the key part was a modified Avangard Glide Vehicle that is released from the missile and flies at hypersonic speed to its target.
The Russians say the Avangard speed is around Mach 20 or around 24,501.6 km/h (15,224.6 mph). The speed of the submunitions as they slam into their target is somewhat less, but probably just under Mach 10.
There is much speculation about the damage done at the Dnipro Yuzhmash aerospace manufacturing facility. However, enough is known to make it clear that this strike on the Dnipro facility had unique characteristics. Eyewitnesses who live in the area near the factory say that there was no fire when the attack struck, yet they felt something like an “earthquake” that “cracked” some houses perhaps a mile away. Likewise there was no explosion in the conventional sense. What was it?
YARS Launch
The Yuzhmash workshops that are functioning (much of the complex is no longer operational) are underground. The challenge for the Oreshnik payload was whether it could knock out the underground operations.
While we have no accounting as to how much was actually destroyed, again witness accounts say the working part of the facility was turned into dust. This suggests that the Oreshnik submunitions crashed at hypersonic speed into the workshops and simply pulverized them. There was no particular need for high explosives to do the job.
In effect, the Russians have put a Damoclean Sword on Zelensky’s head, as he operates from an underground bunker.
https://asiatimes.com/2024/11/russian-oreshnik-missile-hit-a-grave-warning-to-nato-us-ukraine/