Russia has compared the power of "Oreshnik" to the 45 bombs dropped on Hiroshima

The power of Russian missile systems "Oreshnik" is comparable to the power of 45 nuclear bombs dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. This is reported on Wednesday, November 27, on the portal "Explain.rf".

In the Telegram-channel of the portal it is noted that in the nuclear version of the "Oreshnik" can deliver charges, the total power of which is 900 kilotons. The speed of the projectiles can develop up to Mach 10 (2.5-km per second).

A ballistic missile can be shot down only at the initial stage of flight, Gazeta.ru specifies. Because of this, its launch is taking place in the Astrakhan region at the Kapustin Yar test site.

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Earlier in the day, retired US Armed Forces Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson told Izvestia that US ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles are like "children's toys" compared to the capabilities of the Oreshnik. If necessary, he said, the Russian army could completely destroy NATO infrastructure in Europe.

Putin said on Nov. 21 that Ukraine had used Western long-range weapons against the Russian state, causing the regional conflict to take on elements of a global conflict.

He said that Russia responded by live-firing a test of one of Russia's newest medium-range missile systems, the Oreshnik ballistic missile.

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