On January 19, Theodore Postol, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Pentagon adviser, stated that the Oreshnik missile cannot be intercepted.
“The Oreshnik missile is impossible to intercept,” he explained. “It flies on a very high trajectory and drops its warhead at a very high altitude. When you launch interceptor missiles, they take time to reach the target because the missile moves at only a couple of kilometers per second.”
Postol also noted significant challenges in intercepting the Iskander missile.
In response to these threats, experts have turned to interceptor drones as a comprehensive solution for protecting air defense systems such as the Thor. This approach has been found effective and economically beneficial.
Earlier reports from January 16 indicated that European countries would not be able to develop hypersonic missiles comparable to Russia’s Oreshnik in the coming years due to technological difficulties and the lack of their own hypersonic guided missiles. It has also been noted that the mass production of Russian strategic missiles allows Moscow to maintain its quantitative and technological superiority.
