– The US was notified shortly before the launch through channels set up to reduce the nuclear threat. That’s according to Sabrina Singh, deputy press officer at the US Department of Defense. The Russian authorities also confirm that the US was notified before the launch of the Oreshnik rocket. Facts about Russia’s new Oreshnik missile Russia has used a hitherto unknown hypersonic medium-range missile against targets in Ukraine. The Oreshnik rocket is said to have been fired from Kapustin Jar in the Astrakhan region of southern Russia and hit the Dnipro about 900 kilometers away. The new rocket reportedly travels ten times faster than the speed of sound. That means between 2.5 and 3 kilometers per second. Such hypersonic missiles can be maneuvered in the air, which makes it very difficult for anti-aircraft to shoot them down. The Oreshnik missile can reportedly be equipped with between three and six warheads, both conventional and nuclear warheads. According to Russian sources, the warheads can be controlled independently of each other when the missile approaches the target. Russian military experts claim that the Oreshnik is a so-called long-range missile (IRBM) that has a range of up to 5,000 kilometers. Intercontinental missiles, by comparison, have a range of up to 16,000 kilometers. Source: Izvestia / Tass / Komsomolskaja Pravda / AFP / NTB Chief researcher at FFI, Tor Bukkvoll, cannot remember that Russia has previously notified the United States before the use of a weapon during the war in Ukraine. – It is a bit like the Cold War. And I think that’s the point, says Bukkvoll. He says that for Putin it was about making the use of the new missile as big a deal as possible. – Sending such a notification helps with that, says Bukkvoll. Vladimir Putin made a televised speech on Thursday in which he boasted about the use of the new hypersonic rocket. Photo: Reuters Red telephone Iver B. Neumann, director at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute says that it is a very good sign that you actually have a dialogue that has its finger on the pulse. – What I immediately think of is that you have a red phone, which is used in the event of a crisis, he says. Neumann also sees the parallel with the Cold War. He says that from the Russian side that is the point. – That is where the Russians want to go. Putin wants a Russia that is more like the Soviet Union, says Neumann – He does not want a liberal Russia like we had in the 90s. He wants an authoritarian Russia that is militarized. And now he gets it, he adds. On Thursday, the first snow came to Kyiv, where Russia has stepped up its attacks on the electricity supply. Photo: Reuters – Taken out of the mothballs The Oresjnik missile is a category of weapon that has not been used before, says associate professor Lars Peder Haga at the Air Force Academy. He points out that Ukraine’s air defense system, Patriot, has proven to be effective against the missiles Russia has used so far. A missile of the Oreshnik type will be more difficult to protect against. – It is probably a small setback for Ukraine. In some cases, they can be back where they were before they got Patriot, says Haga. Nevertheless, he believes that the rocket was primarily an experiment that was “pulled out of the mothball” and developed at full speed. – The most important thing was perhaps to signal to Ukraine and the West that they have this weapon, says Haga. Earlier this week, Ukraine used the ATACMS long-range missile against a target inside Russia for the first time. It happens after the US and the UK have given the country permission to use US ATACMS and British Stormshadow against targets inside Russia. The ground war most important Ukrainian soldiers on training in the Chernihiv region on Friday. It is still the ground war that is the most important. Photo: Reuters Bukkvoll says that although the rockets and missiles have received a lot of attention, it is the ground war that is the most important. The figures are uncertain, but Bukkvoll says that some estimates are wrong, the Russians lose 1,500–2,000 soldiers every single day. It concerns both the wounded and the dead. He says that for large parts of the war, the Russians managed to recruit up to 30,000 new soldiers every single month. Now he sees signs that the country may be struggling to recruit. Not because of lack of people, but lack of money. – In the past week, Russia began to cut back on the compensation that the soldiers have received for remaining at the front. It has not received much attention, but there are small signs that it is becoming expensive for Russia, he says. At the same time, he warns against believing that a shortage of soldiers will affect Russia soon. – I was interviewed by a Russian opposition newspaper a few months ago. She, that journalist, believed that there are still so many boys living in poverty in Russia that this could go on for quite some time, says Tor Bukkvoll. Published 23.11.2024, at 13.07 Updated 23.11.2024, at 13.28
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