{"id":1926094,"date":"2023-05-07T09:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-slap-in-the-face-for-russia-42-year-old-u-s-weapon-beats-russias-most-feared-cutting-edge-missile\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T13:59:47","slug":"a-slap-in-the-face-for-russia-42-year-old-u-s-weapon-beats-russias-most-feared-cutting-edge-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-slap-in-the-face-for-russia-42-year-old-u-s-weapon-beats-russias-most-feared-cutting-edge-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"US weapon beats Russia&#8217;s feared missile in a slap to the face."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-slap-in-the-face-for-russia-42-year-old-u-s-weapon-beats-russias-most-feared-cutting-edge-missile%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1926094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>U.S.-Made Patriot Air Defense System Shoots Down Russian Hypersonic Missile in Ukraine<\/h2>\n<h3>A Historic Event for Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>In a historic event, the Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk claimed that the newly-acquired U.S.-made Patriot air defense system was used to shoot down a Russian hypersonic missile called Kinzhal, or \u201cDagger\u201d in Russian. \u201cCongratulations to the Ukrainian people on a historic event!\u201d Oleshchuk posted on Telegram. \u201cYes, we brought down the \u2018unparalleled\u2019 Kinzhal!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Slap in the Face for Russia<\/h3>\n<p>Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said that intercepting the nuclear-capable Kinzhal was \u201ca slap in the face for Russia\u201d because the Russians \u201cwere saying that the Patriot is an outdated American weapon, and Russian weapons are the best in the world.\u201d \u201cWell, there is confirmation that it effectively works against even a super-hypersonic missile,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h3>The Invincible Kinzhal<\/h3>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in 2018 that the Kinzhal was \u201cinvincible against all existing and prospective missile defense and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-slap-in-the-face-for-russia-42-year-old-u-s-weapon-beats-russias-most-feared-cutting-edge-missile\/\" title=\"US weapon beats Russia's feared missile in a slap to the face.\">counter-air defense systems<\/a>.\u201d The Kinzhal can reportedly fly at five to 10 times the speed of sound and it travels at a lower elevation than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-biden-seeks-diplomacy-to-constrain-iran-nuclear-program\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden seeks diplomacy to constrain Iran nuclear program\">ballistic missile<\/a>, making it much more difficult to shoot down.<\/p>\n<h3>The Patriot Air Defense System<\/h3>\n<p>The Patriot, which stands for Phased Array Tracking Radar for Intercept on Target, is one of America\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-leaks-info-about-israel-the-obama-biden-administration-was-infamous-for-that\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Leaks Info About Israel. The Obama-Biden Administration Was Infamous For That.\">advanced surface-<\/a>to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-stand-with-putin-twitter-hashtag-trends-in-india-amid-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"Reports: 'Stand with Putin' Twitter Hashtag Trends in India amid Ukraine War\">-air missile defense systems<\/a>. Each installation consists of \u201ca powerful radar, control station, power generator, launch stations and support vehicles.\u201d The Patriot fires three types of missiles, one of which \u2014 the Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) \u2014 is designed to destroy missiles like the Kinzhal.<\/p>\n<h3>Confirmation of the Patriot&#8217;s Effectiveness<\/h3>\n<p>The New York Times reported that U.S. officials verified using technical means that a Patriot missile was used to destroy the feared Russian hypersonic weapon. The Washington Post reported that prior to the Patriot air defense systems arriving in Ukraine, the nation\u2019s missile systems couldn\u2019t even react to the speed of the Kinzhal. The Patriot, which costs approximately $1 billion per installation, was designed in the 1970s and the first Patriot was delivered in December 1981.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The successful interception of the Kinzhal missile by the Patriot air defense system is a significant achievement for Ukraine and a confirmation of the Patriot&#8217;s effectiveness against even the most advanced hypersonic missiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S.-made Patriot air defense system was reportedly used to shoot down a Russian hypersonic missile in Ukraine late this week, marking perhaps the first time that a hypersonic missile has ever been shot down in combat. Ukraine Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk claimed that the newly-acquired weapon from the U.S. was used to shoot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1926095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[8080,4378,16472,8746,9987,11637,8105],"class_list":["post-1926094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-beats","tag-face","tag-feared","tag-missile","tag-russias","tag-slap","tag-weapon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1926094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1926095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1926094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1926094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1926094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}