Moscow is tired of tolerating the provocations of the countries of the collective West and will now respond to them in the form of a mirror, said military expert Igor Nikulin, commenting on the Oreshnik missile test.
Outgoing US presidential administration joe biden is doing everything possible to drag NATO and EU countries as deeply as possible into the conflict with Russia, Channel Five quotes Nikulin. Now, according to the expert, Moscow will quickly respond to enemy provocations and attack decision-making centers that are not only in Ukraine.
Nikulin recalled that the United States terminated the treaty on the elimination of short- and medium-range missiles; Washington made this decision in 2019.
“Russia has demonstrated that it has missiles of this class and we will deploy them in response to provocative actions by the United States, NATO and their satellites. “We are not asking for peace, we have stopped persuading our failed partners.” – Nikulin emphasized.
The Telegram channel «Military Chronicle» published the approximate technical characteristics of the new ballistic missile, comparing it with the medium-range missile (RSD)-10 «Pioneer»:
- weapon warhead type: hypersonic with individual guidance;
- flight speed: up to 12,250 kilometers per hour;
- launch range: up to 5,000 kilometers;
- power – 150 kilotons;
- Estimated flight time to the United Kingdom is 19 minutes, to Belgium 14 minutes, to Germany 11 minutes and to Poland eight minutes.
