The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force made a rather bold claim this morning. He said that his country’s newly acquired (from the United States) Patriot missile system shot down one of Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic missiles over Kyiv on Wednesday. If so, that would be a remarkable feat. Thus far the Russians are keeping quiet about the alleged attack, but they’ve been working on hypersonic missiles for a while now so it might not be all that surprising if they were trying to use them against Ukraine. But some analysts immediately raised questions as to whether or not the story being conveyed was fully accurate and it clearly appears to have fallen apart under scrutiny. (AP)Read More
Ukraine claims to have downed Russian hypersonic missile
