{"id":57824,"date":"2026-01-02T12:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57824"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:38:22","slug":"oreshnik-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/oreshnik-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Oreshnik Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Oreshnik Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia recently announced that its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles have entered active service in Belarus, a neighbouring ally that shares borders with NATO members Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Oreshnik Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Russian-<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made <\/span><b>intermediate-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wa<\/span><b>s first launched operationally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on November 21, <\/span><b>2024<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in a precision strike <\/span><b>targeting <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Pivdenmash defence-industrial facility in Dnipro, <\/span><b>Ukraine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Oreshnik Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is estimated to be 15 to 18.5 metres long, with a diameter of some 1.9 metres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>mounted on a mobile transporter <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and launcher for rapid deployment and concealment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a reported<\/span><b> range of 5,000 kilometres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (3,100 miles), the missile <\/span><b>can strike targets across Europe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and even reach the west coast of the United States.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equipped with <\/span><b>multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the \u201cOreshnik\u201d can <\/span><b>carry six to eight warheads, conventional or nuclear<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hitting <\/span><b>multiple targets simultaneously.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>hypersonic missile,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> capable of reaching speeds up to Mach 10 (12,300 km\/h or 7,610 mph).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/russia-deploys-nuclear-capable-oreshnik-missiles-in-belarus-raising-european-security-concerns-13964143.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oreshnik Missile is a Russian intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile. 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