BREAKING; Russia Now Has its First Ground-Launched Missile Capable of Conventional Hypersonic Strikes on the U.S. Mainland A 5,500 kilometre range allows the Oreshnik to strike targets in Washington DC, Chicago and other major cities on the continental United States if launched from Russia’s increasingly heavily militarised Arctic regions, allowing it to potentially contribute to strategic deterrence against the United States. This range provides Russia with its first conventional strike capability against targets on the United States mainland, as the Oreshnik can carry conventional warheads, unlike intercontinental range ballistic missiles which are only equipped with strategic nuclear warheads. The missile is likely to have a range of approximately 5,500 kilometres, contrary to prior estimates of a range of around 4,000 kilometres, which has significant strategic implications for Russia’s ongoing military standoff with NATO.

Posted by Fred Bassett