from RT:
The tabloid, citing an analysis by the Foreign Ministry, claims national air-defenses cannot intercept the Russian hypersonic missile
Germany’s air defenses are not capable of effectively shielding the country from Russia’s new hypersonic Oreshnik missile, Bild has reported, citing an internal analysis prepared by the Foreign Ministry.
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The intermediate-range ballistic rocket, which can carry multiple types of warhead, including nuclear ones, was first used on November 21, when it struck Ukraine’s Yuzhmash military industrial facility in the city of Dnepr. Commenting on the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the Oreshnik travels at ten times the speed of sound and cannot be intercepted by any existing air defenses.
In its article on Friday, Bild reported that Germany’s Foreign Ministry had commissioned an internal study of Berlin and Kiev’s air defense capabilities in the face of a potential ballistic missile threat. In a move seemingly encroaching on Defense Ministry turf, the diplomats drew on the expertise of a liaison officer and several air defense specialists within the military.
According to the media outlet, the conclusion they arrived at was that “Germany would be defenseless against an Oreshnik attack.” Bild quoted the document as warning that the US-made Patriot air defense system is “not suitable for countering a long-range ballistic missile, such as the Oreshnik.”
