OSINT sources suggest Russia may test the RS-26 Rubizh ballistic missile in Ukraine.
Specs: 6,000 km range, 150m deviation, 1.2-ton non-nuclear warhead (like 3 Iskander-Ms). Launch could occur from Astrakhan. Likely a combat conditions test.
Specs: 6,000 km range, 150m deviation, 1.2-ton non-nuclear warhead (like 3 Iskander-Ms). Launch could occur from Astrakhan. Likely a combat conditions test.
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25000km/h directly towards you is a stationary target. There's some "XY" for the ballistic trajectory not being linear, but that massive speed vector is removed when you're the end of it.
It is nowhere close to 25 000 km/h, but in a lower atmosphere, it would be slowed somewhat (same as Х-47М2).
It can carry a nuclear warhead and no-one can exactly know where it's going.
How much does one of those cost?
Sounds like Putin is getting desperate.
For comparison, Himars (developed decades before this Russian missile) have a 1 meter accuracy.
It may also be a new version of "9М723", that has been tested around May this year. All that is known about it - it may go much further than the default version.
I have seen 5-6 times such fear-mongering within the last 2 years. Electricity and gas infrastructure have been under fire for the last 1.5 years.
Source - https://www.threads.net/@diukraine/post/DCl9V21N1mR
It did spread like wildfire in Ukraine today, but anyone with half a brain and an access to wikipedia found it ridiculous (firing "upwards of 317 radio-controlled UAVs"? Firing Buk SAMs at critical infrastructure?😅).
My thoughts on embassy closure - they likely got intel that embassies may be targeted, everything else was done by local media (because, well, engagement).
If it's 2000+ km like most ICBMs, that makes Poland, Slovakia and Hungary the nearest possible targets, if fired from Astrakhan.
All I had to do was keep reading 😋
Is this confirmed or just other "osint" sources who put 2 & 2 together like myself?
https://bsky.app/profile/redmcredred.bsky.social/post/3lbf3ccrdys26