Russian President Vladimir Putinannounced this Friday that will continue testing the hypersonic missile Oreshnikused this Thursday in response to the Ukrainian attack with long-range missiles authorized by the United States. The president has also confirmed that will start serial production of the same, which are capable of circumventing any anti-missile shield.
“Today there is no countermeasure for such a missile in the world, no means of intercepting it. We will continue to test this new system, including in combat conditions. All depending on the situation and the nature of the security threats that we face. They are created for Russia. It is necessary to establish serial production“said the Russian president in statements to state television. He immediately added that Russia has “sufficient reserves” of those missiles.
In addition to announcing the serial production of the missile, Putin has praised the creators of the weapon and explained that the Oreshnik can cause the same effect as strategic weapons without being a means of mass destruction. “The Oreshnik system is not a strategic weapon, it is not an intercontinental ballistic missile, it is not a weapon of mass destruction, including because it is highly precise,” said the head of the Kremlin in a meeting with the military leadership.
Putin has also stressed that this is not about the modernization of a Soviet system, but rather the result of the work of the military industry of post-Soviet Russia. “Although it is also true that we all come from the Soviet Union, we were all educated with what previous generations did and, to a certain extent, we benefited from their results,” he admitted.
On the other hand, the head of the Kremlin He has assured that Russia currently has other similar weapons that will be tested later. “After the results of those tests, It will also begin serial production. That is, we are developing a whole range of medium and short-range systems,” he indicated. The commander-in-chief of the Strategic Missile Forces, Sergei Karakayev, in turn said that Oreshnik “it is capable of achieving objectives throughout the territory of Europe”which differentiates it from other long-range and high-precision weapons.
Russia confirmed this Thursday the launch of a hypersonic missile without a nuclear payloadthus denying the accusations of Ukraine, which claimed to have been attacked by an intercontinental ballistic missile. The target attacked was a military-industrial complex Ukrainian located in the city of Dnipro. After reporting the attack, the Russian president warned that the war has become “a global conflict” and that will answer “spectacularly” in the face of an “escalation of aggressive actions.”
The head of the Kremlin justified the “test” launch of Oreshnik, arguing that the United States plans to deploy short and medium-range missiles in the territory of Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. He also recalled that The United States unilaterally abandoned in 2019 the treaty for the elimination of short and medium range missiles, which he described as a mistake. He also assured that Russia reserves the right to use its weapons against military installations of Western countries.