{"id":57824,"date":"2026-05-25T12:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57824"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:23:39","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;\">The Ukrainian President said recently that Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Oreshnik Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Russian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-made <\/span><b>intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was<\/span><b> first used<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Russia in November <\/span><b>2024 to target the Ukrainian city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Dnipro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is based on the RS-26 Rubezh ballistic missile, and, like other Russian weapons systems, Oreshnik is capable of <\/span><b>carrying nuclear as well as conventional warheads.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Oreshnik Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>mounted on a mobile transporter and launcher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for rapid deployment and concealment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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 carry<\/span><b> six to eight warheads,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hitting multiple targets simultaneously.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a reported <\/span><b>range of 5,000 kilometres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the missile can strike targets across Europe and even reach the west coast of the United States.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>travel at Mach 10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, around <\/span><b>10 times the speed of sound<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or approximately 2.5 to 3 kilometres per second, making interception extremely difficult.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/russia-uses-hypersonic-oreshnik-missile-in-mass-attack-on-kyiv\/article71017374.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oreshnik Missile is a Russian-made intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile. 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