Tag: Kinzhal
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Let’s Tyr to Make Some Sense About the Strike on Patriot ADS in Kiev
I see many people then hearing about Patriot air-defense systems (ADS) being struck, assume the whole system (by some accounts worth up to $1B) was destroyed. No. It is called system precisely because it consists of many individual and distributed elements. (Another usage of the term “system” in Russian air-defense lingo is a name for…
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Misunderstanding Hypersonic Weapons
“Hypersonic” has become an empty word, which means almost nothing at this point. People use it as a general, all embracing term in order to create some kind of a hype. In that context, “hypersonic” is meaningless as a definition that provides some understanding and context to the subject matter. The German WWII-era V-2 ballistic…
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