Is Russia’s Hypersonic Missile Vulnerable?

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"... There is some dispute as to whether the Kinzhal qualifies as a true hypersonic weapon, namely, one that can fly faster than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5) while maintaining the ability to maneuver—a combination of features that supposedly makes the missile immune to existing countermeasures. But just this month the world discovered that the Kinzhal was not immune. It seems, in fact, far from it.

On 6 May Ukrainians shot down a Kinzhal outside Kiev using a Patriot air-defense system, supplied by the United States just weeks before. It was reported that the Kinzhal was specifically targeting that system when it was shot down. Three days later, the Russian military reportedly launched a series of six Kinzhal missiles at Ukrainian sites; the Ukrainians shot down five of the six. The sixth Kinzhal damaged, but did not destroy, a Patriot battery. ..."

Is Russia’s Hypersonic Missile Vulnerable? - IEEE Spectrum Perhaps the right question is whether it’s really hypersonic

Russia’s Kinzhal missile is borne by a MiG-31K fighter jet flying over Moscow during a military parade on 9 May 2018.