US President Joe Biden confirmed Monday that Russia has employed hypersonic missiles in its invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
“And if you’ll notice, [Russia has] just launched the hypersonic missile, because it's the only thing that they can get through without absolute certainty,” Biden said. “It's, as you all know, it's a consequential weapon, and, but with the same warhead on it as any other launch missile, it doesn't make that much difference, except it's almost impossible to stop it. There's a reason they’re using it.”
Biden, speaking to a group gathered at the Business Roundtable CEO Quarterly Meeting, said, “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s back against the wall, he wasn't anticipating the extent or strength of our unity, and the more his back is against the wall, the greater severity of the tactics he may employ.”
partial quote from:
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-21-22/
It's because at 5 to 10 times the speed of sound it's hard to track let alone find something fast enough (even a missile) to hit it and stop it. And definitely, Ukraine doesn't have missiles that could hit it (unless it was some kind of fluke).
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