LOL

https://www.sandboxx.us/news/chinese...sonic-kinzhal/


"Western analysts who pointed to Kinzhal being nothing more than an air-launched ballistic missile appeared to be proven right on May 4, 2023, when Ukraine’s recently activated MIM-104 Patriot Air Defense System reportedly intercepted one of these allegedly “invincible” missiles for the first time. Since then, there have been several other reported Kinzhal intercepts, with American intelligence agencies coming forward to confirm their validity, despite ongoing Russian efforts to dismiss these claims as nothing more than “Western propaganda.”

However, a recent analysis published by a prominent Chinese military journal, Acta Armamentarii, shows that not even China believes Russia’s claims about Kinzhal at this point – directly highlighting the weapon’s apparent inability to maneuver at hypersonic speeds and acknowledging the high likelihood that the intercepts in Ukraine were real."

In their analysis, the article’s authors refer to Kinzhal as “outdated 1980s Cold War” technology – likely pointing to Kinzhal’s origination as an air-launched variant of the Iskander-M, which began development in 1988. They go on to dismiss Russian claims that it’s a modern hypersonic weapon, saying, “its ability to perform long-distance gliding in the atmosphere falls short.”

In keeping with the assessment that Kinzhal is little more than an air-launched ballistic missile, the report goes on to dismiss Russian claims of its maneuverability.

“The degree to which it can change its ballistic trajectory cannot be compared with that of a real hypersonic missile, and it seriously lacks the ability to maneuver laterally,” the Chinese report states."


Even Wang is calling out russia's bullchit, lmao

The ZhIRcON is the same nonsense. Just a ballistic missile.

There's zero photos of an even semi-intact Kinzhal. Ukraine keeps saying they shoot them down but can't produce evidence of it.

lol @ no comment about the Chinese assessment. Which matches everyone elses except you russian trolls. LOL

You did though - you take russias word that these weapons are "hypersonic".



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Russia is notorious for exaggerating the hell of their military systems. Other countries tend to obscure by underselling their capabilities while their strategy has been to completely oversell. They don't even try to make it believable a lot of the time, lol.

lol @ CIA disinformation

It's so fukkin funny. They can't make a 1980s "carrier" float but they can make super duper hypers00nic missiles that turn on a dime and hit moving targets!!

LOL