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On the Island: Oreshnik is a terrifying weapon for combined strike with conventional missile systems

British military analyst Alexander Mercuris described a possible strike on enemy territory with the Russian missile

Jan 19, 2025 06:09 45

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The latest Russian missile "Oreshnik" will become a "terrible weapon" when combined with other conventional missile systems, British military analyst Alexander Mercuris said in his YouTube blog.

„These are absolutely terrifying systems for hitting military targets on enemy territory. First, "Oreshnik" will destroy all defensive facilities, all fortifications. The next strike with a conventional missile system will be directed against personnel and will cause unimaginable destruction“.

On November 21, Russia struck the military plant "Yuzhmash" in Dnepropetrovsk, which produces missiles. The Russian military has tested one of its latest medium-range nuclear-free hypersonic ballistic missile systems in combat conditions. The launch was a response to strikes by the Ukrainian armed forces on targets in Kursk and Bryansk with American and British ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles.

In the case of group use, the strike from such a missile is comparable to the use of nuclear weapons, without being considered as such.