{"id":1357,"date":"2025-08-02T14:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T14:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:50:49","slug":"no-defense-against-russias-oreshnik-missile-ex-pentagon-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/02\/no-defense-against-russias-oreshnik-missile-ex-pentagon-analyst\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No defense against\u2019 Russia\u2019s Oreshnik missile \u2013 ex-Pentagon analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new weapon could shift the balance of power in favor of Moscow, Michael Maloof has told RT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neither Ukraine nor its Western backers have any means to counter Russia\u2019s newly deployed intermediate-range Oreshnik missile, Michael Maloof, a former senior Pentagon security analyst, told RT in an interview on Friday.<\/p>\n

Maloof noted that the Oreshnik could \u201ceasily shift the balance of power overwhelmingly in favor\u201d<\/em> of Russia in any conflict, including the ongoing hostilities with Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving a hypersonic [missile] for which there\u2019s no defense currently\u2026 is astonishing. It absolutely alters that balance of power dramatically, for which the Ukrainians have no defense,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

He noted that while the US is working to adapt missile defense systems such as THAAD to counter hypersonic threats, these programs remain under development. \u201cThere\u2019s no operational ability at this point to deal with a hypersonic missile,\u201d<\/em> Maloof said, adding that the Oreshnik could reach its targets within mere minutes.<\/p>\n

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Putin announces completion of first mass-production Oreshnik<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The former analyst added that the missile also travels at a speed of over 7,000 miles (11,000km) an hour. \u201cThere\u2019s no defense against that,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

The missile system, Maloof stated, has already been tested successfully in Ukraine in battlefield conditions. He was referring to a strike on Ukraine\u2019s Yuzhmash military industrial facility in the city of Dnepr in November 2024.<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin said afterward that the missile\u2019s warheads flew at speeds exceeding Mach 10 and could not be intercepted by existing air defenses. The missile could also carry conventional and nuclear payloads and travel up to several thousand kilometers.<\/p>\n

According to Putin, the Oreshnik strike on Ukraine was a response to the country\u2019s decision to use Western-supplied long-range missiles for attacks deep into Russia.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the Russian president said that the first serially produced Oreshnik missile system had entered service with the armed forces.\u00a0 He also noted that the question of supplying the weapons to Belarus, Russia\u2019s key ally, will likely be resolved by the end of the year.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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