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How Russia Works on a New Hypersonic Missile

How Russia Works on a New Hypersonic Missile

On August 3, the Russian Defense Minister announced that Russia is developing a new hypersonic missile called X-95. The article by Giuseppe Gagliano

As we have seen several times , the arms race and, in particular, the race to create ever faster and more efficient hypersonic missiles knows no end.

THE RACE TO THE HYPERSONIC OF RUSSIA

In fact, the competition for technological hegemony in the military is a constant throughout the history of humanity.

The latest news comes once again from Russia.

THE X-95 MISSILE

In fact, the Russian defense minister on 3 August officially announced that the Russian Federation is developing a new hypersonic missile called X-95, as confirmed also by the representative of the Russian Military Academy Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky.

THE TARGET

Of course, the purpose of these frequent innovations is to achieve aerospace dominance.

The peculiarity of this hypersonic missile is the possibility that it can be combined with the latest generation PAK-DA strategic aircraft , a combination that certainly cannot fail to worry the American armed forces.


This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/come-la-russia-lavora-a-un-nuovo-missile-ipersonico/ on Thu, 05 Aug 2021 07:47:08 +0000.