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Related note: American Patriots nailed Putin’s hypersonic Kinzhal missile. The world has changed https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/17/american-patriot...

subtext: Xi Jinping will be annoyed by this as well

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Your mileage my vary: Anatomy of MIM-104 Patriot Destruction + Primer on Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-mim-104-patri...

Sure, according to the Ukrainian sources, after the Ukrainian state persecutes anyone who publishes factual information which does not align with its propaganda campaign (like the bloggers who posted videos of "interception"). Meanwhile, the US side reluctantly admits [1] "minimal" damages from those "reportedly neutralised" Kinzhals. Also the Saudis would like to have a talk about miracle effectiveness of Patriots.

[1]: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/16/politics/patriot-missile-...

Saudis have also massive problem with nepotism and incompetency. Btw why would Russia suddenly arrested its scientist developing those unstoppable missiles? To give them Hero of Russia reward?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-hypersonic-missile...

> Meanwhile, the US side reluctantly admits [1] "minimal" damages from those "reportedly neutralised" Kinzhals.

Ever heard of debris? A Patriot system so minimally damaged that it’s already repaired does in no way suggest, as you seem to imply, it being directly hit by Kinzhal missiles. Especially considering that it was actively targeted.

It is just Kinzhal missile is not hypersonic till target hit as it was advertised. It slows down to increase accuracy.

I mean that's the reality of most missiles advertised as hypersonic. Outside of their terminal stage most of them only have the flight characteristics of a cold war fighter

That is an extraordinarily big deal, which I think should have gotten a lot more notice than it did.

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