Kovalchuk called the Nutt rockets a step toward the next promising developments

The successful creation of the Russian ballistic missile "Oreshnik" paved the way for developments that in the future can be operated at even higher temperatures. Such a forecast was voiced on November 27 in a conversation with Izvestia by Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of the National Research Center (NRC) "Kurchatov Institute". Mikhail Kovalchuk.

"We have created hypersonic weapons in a short period of time, and this is a material that used to work at 1,500 degrees, then at 1,800 degrees, and these [missiles] - at 2,000 degrees. And we have done it, while other [parties] have not. <...> Today the next step is 2.5-3 thousand degrees," he pointed out.

According to Kovalchuk's assessment, such speed is explained by the fact that Russia is among the top five leaders in this area. He expressed the opinion that in the process of further research, the country will again be able to obtain new types of weapons and materials.

Strip it down to "Oreshnik": Putin supported the adoption of the missile system into service

At a meeting with the developers, the president called this complex a guarantor of Russia's security

Earlier, on November 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that one of Russia's newest medium-range missile systems, the Oreshnik ballistic missile, had been tested under combat conditions in Ukraine in response to the escalation by Western countries.

The next day, the head of state specified that Russia would continue testing the Oreshnik, and that the decision on the serial production of these missiles had already been made. In addition, several other weapons of this kind are currently under development.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later explained that the creation of Oreshnik missiles was conducted without publicity. It is known that the developers will be presented to state awards.