In a significant escalation in the ongoing Ukraine War, Russia launched a ballistic missile using Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs) again

Ukraine War: 1st Use Of MIRV In Combat: Why “Non-Nuclear” MIRV Missile Has Shocked The World?

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2024-11-23 20:30:05

In a significant escalation in the ongoing Ukraine War, Russia launched a ballistic missile using Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs) against a Ukrainian city on November 21. This marks the first-ever use of MIRV in combat and has sent shockwaves across the world.

The Ukrainian Air Force claimed on November 21 that the Russian forces fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on Dnipro, a city in Eastern Ukraine. Soon after, a spate of conflicting claims emerged, with some Western officials telling the media that it was an Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) instead.

Finally, putting all speculations to rest, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed to the media that the missile used in the attack was an entirely new weapon—a medium-range “hypersonic” missile—‘Oreshnik.’

The attack set in motion several claims and counterclaims by officials and experts who expressed their shock and alarm at the missile attack. However, one common denominator among all the claims was that the ballistic missile had Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles (MIRV).

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