Russia Fires Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in Attack on Ukraine, Kyiv Says
November 21st, 2024Update: “But this kind of a strike might have a value as a signal”
Via: ZeroHedge:
Although RS-26 Rubezh can be used to deliver a thermonuclear warhead or an Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle, Thursday morning’s attack on the Dnipro region was non-nuclear, instead some sort of conventional warhead.
“Using these kinds of missiles, whether RS-26 or a true ICBM, in a conventional role does not make a lot of sense because of their relatively low accuracy and high cost,” Pavel Podvig, a senior researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, wrote on X.
“But this kind of a strike might have a value as a signal,” Podvig added.
And yes, it does.
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Via: Reuters:
Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv’s air force said, in the first known use in the war of a powerful weapon designed to deliver nuclear strikes thousands of kilometres away.
The launch was the latest sign of rapidly mounting tensions in the 33-month-old war after Ukraine fired U.S. and British missiles at targets inside Russia this week despite warnings by Moscow that it would see such action as a major escalation.
Scott Ritter, on how this RS-26 missile straddles the classifications of Intermediate and intercontinental, depending on payload:
https://x.com/RealScottRitter/status/1859525610827063710
This video seems to show what Scott is talking about—six independent warheads, each in turn deploying several (4) submunitions:
https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1859601062123966526