The hypersonic missile promised by the Ukrainian side barely developed supersonic speed.

A few weeks ago, information appeared that Ukrainian designers completed the development of a unique anti-ship missile, which is capable of developing almost hypersonic speed. Nevertheless, as it turned out, there is no need to talk about hypersound, since even the declared "average" characteristics this rocket could not confirm, having developed a maximum flight speed of only 2500 km / h.

“The speed of a supersonic rocket is about 2000-2500 kilometers per hour. This type of missile is planned to arm the SU-27 and SU-24M aircraft, which are in service with the Ukrainian army. The creators of "Lightning" assure that the installation of a rocket will require minimal re-equipment of aircraft. "The missile can be equipped with high-explosive and high-explosive penetrating warheads"- reports the publication "Dnieper Panorama."

On the other hand, this missile can gain quite a lot of popularity among Western countries, which is due to its relatively low cost, and, according to reliability, however, today Russia’s armament has means that can even fight hypersonic targets,