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Paris in 8 minutes, London in 9 minutes, Russia to deploy its new deadly missile in….
This will put the whole of Europe on the target.
New Delhi: Russia’s TASS news agency has revealed that Russia is going to deploy its new and deadly hypersonic ballistic missile Oreshnik in Belarus next year. This will put the whole of Europe on the target of Russia. The decision is taken at a time when the US and Germany are deploying intermediate-range missiles across Europe against Russia.
The Belarusian government, together with Russian defense experts, has decided to deploy Russia’s new Oreshnik ballistic missile in their country by the middle of next year. If this happens, then the whole of Europe will come within the range of this dangerous missile of Russia.
Russia and Belarus took this decision when the US and Germany are deploying intermediate-range missiles against them at different places across Europe. Now it will happen that as soon as this missile is deployed in Belarus, entire Europe and NATO bases will be on the target of Russia. That too a few minutes away.
The range of the Oreshnik missile is 5500 km, it flies at a speed of three km per second and is equipped with weapons that produce a temperature of 4000 degrees Celsius. It melts or reduces its target to ashes. This missile comes down from the sky like a meteorite, causing massive destruction.
If this missile is fired from Belarus, how long will it take to reach Europe?
- Vilnius, Lithuania in just 1.7 minutes.
- Kyiv, Ukraine in just 2.7 minutes.
- US base in Poland in 3.2 minutes.
- Finland, Helsinki in 5 minutes.
- US base in Romania in 5.5 minutes.
- Ramstein, Germany in 6.1 minutes.
- Paris in just 8.3 minutes.
- London in just 8.8 minutes.
Russia has dozens of Oreshnik missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently said that at this time Russia has many Oreshnik missile systems which can be deployed at any time. “We will continue to use this missile system on our enemies if they don’t stop attacking our territory. They are using long-range missiles made in Western countries. We can test this missile in the battlefield in the future as well,’ Putin said.
About Oreshnik missile
It is a hypersonic medium range ballistic missile (MRBM). It can fly at a maximum speed of 12,300 km/hr and attack up to a 5500 km range. It has a multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles (MIRV) system. That is, it can attack multiple targets simultaneously. It can have 6 to 8 weapons simultaneously. That is, it can attack so many targets in a single hit. It can carry both conventional and nuclear weapons. It can change direction and angle while moving towards the target in the air so that the enemy’s air defense system is not able to track or stop it.