{"id":27681,"date":"2023-05-20T20:45:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T00:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=27681"},"modified":"2023-05-20T20:49:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T00:49:09","slug":"putin-lied-when-he-called-russias-kinzhal-missiles-hypersonic-we-unraveled-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=27681","title":{"rendered":"Putin Lied When He Called Russia\u2019s Kinzhal Missiles \u2018Hypersonic.\u2019 We Unraveled the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/weapons\/a43804177\/russias-kinzhal-missile-is-not-hypersonic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hoverZoomLink alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mikoyan-mig-31k-fighter-jets-with-kinzhal-hypersonic-news-photo-1683299373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Putin\u2019s new missile is not breaking the laws of physics\u2014just stretching the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/weapons\/a43804177\/russias-kinzhal-missile-is-not-hypersonic\/\">Putin Lied When He Called Russia\u2019s Kinzhal Missiles \u2018Hypersonic.\u2019 We Unraveled the Truth<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?tag=hypersonic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hypersonic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So maybe not as bad as Putin originally announced; already known missile, usually launched from an 8&#215;8 high mobility truck, now adapted to be launched from a Mig-31:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;But Western analysts already knew about this missile, which has the NATO reporting name \u201cKilljoy.\u201d They were not impressed with Putin\u2019s attempt at rebranding.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;The rocket flies on a \u201cquasi-ballistic\u201d trajectory, meaning that rather than traveling on a smooth curve like a cannonball, it makes random minor course changes so its path cannot be predicted. This makes it difficult to intercept, but this is not the same as being able to maneuver.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin\u2019s new missile is not breaking the laws of physics\u2014just stretching the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[987,140,840,402],"class_list":["post-27681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-hypersonic","tag-paul","tag-putin","tag-russia","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27681"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27688,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27681\/revisions\/27688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}