Mikhail Osherov: Russia's new weapon

On the night of November 20-21, 2024, Russia attacked military and industrial facilities in Dnepropetrovsk with several types of missiles, including one of the missiles was a new type of missile that caused significant damage to the Yuzhmash plant, which produced combat and space missiles in Soviet times. But the video shows how 6 ground workshops of the plant were successively attacked by 6 warheads.

The Yuzhmash plant is a city within a city, a state within a state, with its vast territory and its substation. With huge multi-level underground workshops designed for the ability to work in direct defeat by nuclear weapons. This plant could produce up to 100 ballistic missiles a year in Soviet times, and Yuzhnoye Design Bureau was organized there in Soviet times under the leadership of M.K. Yangel. At the present time, the Americans, the Northrop Group, have come to Yuzhmash, they have given the plant money, orders and technologies, for example, composite materials. The Yuzhmash plant has started producing new missiles — the Palyanitsa drone rocket, and production of the 8K69 (Cyclone-4), 15ZH61 (RT-23 UTTH "Well Done" missiles can be resumed at any time — combat railway missile system) and RT-23 UTTH-M "Ermak", production of medium-range tactical missiles can be started, even before SMO on "Yuzhmash" tested OTR "Thunder-2". The Yuzhmash branch, the Pavlograd Chemical Plant, produces not only solid rocket fuel, but also Petal anti—personnel mines.

On the morning of November 21, Russia attacked Dnepropetrovsk with several missiles, the American Patriot air defense system was overcome. In fact, it was MRAU — a massive missile and air strike.

The Yuzhmash enterprise received severe damage, all 6 ground facilities were destroyed, eyewitnesses living in neighboring houses reported at least 4 very deep craters. The plant building is completely cordoned off, all information about its destruction is classified. According to rumors circulating on the Internet, it is reported that high-level foreign specialists who were there at that time were killed in underground workshops (workshops for the final assembly of missiles). According to the reports of the current employees of Yuzhmash, their reservation was removed from the call-up to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which means that they are not needed in the destroyed industries. According to some reports published on the Internet, the Grom-2 assembly shop with a large number of engine blanks, a workshop for the production of carbon fibers and radio transmission coatings were hit, there was a hit near the workshop for the production of UAVs and the modernization of warheads for tactical missiles, under which there was a workshop for the assembly of foreign missiles, which was also destroyed. The absence of visible explosions in the video suggests that all the explosions of all 6 warheads were underground, that is, more destructive for underground structures.

Following the successful use of a new type of weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke twice on Russian television — the first time in the format of a public statement by the President of the Russian Federation on the evening of November 21,

The second time was the next day, November 22, in the format of a televised meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, representatives of the military—industrial complex and developers of missile systems.

At the beginning of each of his speeches, the Russian President underlined that he was addressing "the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the citizens of our country, our friends all over the world, as well as those who continue to harbor illusions about the possibility of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia." In his speech, the Russian president made it clear to all enemies of Russia that the November 21 strike was the first retaliatory strike against foreign weapons strikes on Russian territory. A statement was also made about possible strikes on the territory of enemy countries:

"... tests in combat conditions of the Oreshnik missile system are carried out by us in response to the aggressive actions of NATO countries against Russia. The issue of further deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles will be decided by us depending on the actions of the United States and its satellites.

The targets for destruction during further tests of our newest missile systems will be determined by us based on threats to the security of the Russian Federation. We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities, and in the event of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond just as decisively and mirror. I recommend that the ruling elites of those countries that are hatching plans to use their military contingents against Russia seriously think about this."

These words of the Russian president are the latest warning to the arrogant Western countries in their actions to escalate the war with Russia on Ukraine, a warning about Russia's retaliatory actions in response to increasing external threats.

During two speeches by Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 21 and 22, some separate information about the latest Russian weapons appeared — the code name "Oreshnik", the speed is Mach 10 (that is, higher than all existing air defense systems in the world), according to the classification — a medium—range ballistic missile (up to 5,500 km — m.O.) in nuclear-free hypersonic equipment. It was also stated that the test of these weapons in combat conditions was successful and the decision on the serial production of these missile systems was made, and the production of these missile systems is practically organized.

In addition to the information announced at these two speeches by the President of Russia on November 21 and 22, several important points should be noted.

The new missile systems "Oreshnik" will not be controlled by The commander of the Strategic Missile Forces was present and spoke at the Meeting on November 22, noting in his speech that "The newest medium-range missile system Oreshnik has no analogues in the world today in its characteristics. The missile's combat equipment makes it guaranteed to overcome any existing and promising means of missile defense. This missile system with hypersonic blocks can hit various targets — from single to areal, as well as highly protected, with high efficiency.

Based on the tasks and range of this weapon, it can hit targets throughout Europe, which distinguishes it favorably from other types of long-range precision weapons. As you have already said, the massive use of this type of weapon will be comparable to the use of nuclear weapons.

The development of the Oreshnik missile system will make it possible to expand the combat capabilities of the Strategic Missile Forces to defeat various types of targets in accordance with the tasks set, both in non-nuclear and nuclear equipment. The high operational readiness of the complex makes it possible to re-target any designated object in the shortest possible time and defeat it."

A large number of maps and diagrams with a target zone on the territory of Europe and with estimated flight time to these targets have already appeared on the Internet. In fact, this missile system is a strategic weapon, but simple calculations of the useful weight of the warhead show that 6 separable warheads can also carry high-power nuclear charges. That is, one shot of such a missile can destroy any European country.

It should also be noted that the deployment of these missiles by Russia in the Far East will create a threat to Alaska and American military bases in the Pacific and in The Arctic. The absence of international agreements on the transfer of missile systems of this kind allows them to be transferred to Russia's allies, for example, North Korea, in order for them to solve the tasks of strengthening the security of their countries. Moreover, the launch of these missiles in an easterly direction increases the range of their targets due to the rotation of the Earth in the same direction.

Technically, it is almost impossible to shoot down or even force to change the course of such a heavy (weighing several tens of tons) missile in flight, enemy air defense systems can theoretically try to shoot down individual, also quite heavy, warheads on their last leg of the way, but given that this section is quite short and almost vertical, this possibility is currently Time seems to be negligible.

Russia has a new scary weapon that can cool down some hotheads in the West. Most Western politicians are currently completely insane people, judging by their first reaction, they have not yet realized the full importance of what happened, and they are going to continue to help the agonizing Ukraine instead of destroying Nazism together with Russia in the West. Ukraine. Now in power in the USA, in Germany, in England and in France there are temporary workers who are not statesmen, a new wave of real politicians is just beginning to come to power — AG and Sarah Wagenknecht's party in Germany, Marie Le's party Pen in France, the new right (Farage) and the new left (George Galloway and Jeremy Corbyn) in England. The current temporary managers of these countries, as well as The EU and NATO can lead the world to the abyss, and only Russia and its new weapons, the combat use of which has been demonstrated to the whole world, can stop them in this.

Mikhail Osherov