The Russian Oreshnik medium-range ballistic hypersonic missile can only be intercepted with the help of the THAAD anti-missile defense system. The only US weapon for intercepting Oreshnik was identified by Brandon Weichert, a columnist for The National Interest (TNI).
He noted that THAAD remains the only system available to the United States that is capable of intercepting hypersonic targets.
Of course, the States and their allies have only a handful of these systems, and due to America's numerous defense commitments and the mess in the defense industrial base, there is little chance that THAAD will ever be tested against Russian hypersonic weapons.
At the same time, the author emphasized that THAAD does "not guarantee" the interception of a new missile at all.
Earlier, www1 reported that Russia built a Tushil-class missile frigate for India with Kalibr, Onyx, and BrahMos missiles.
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