[airgapstopgap]

Kinzhal is simply an air-launched 9K720 Iskander, though, and it was always known to be interceptible because its trajectory is deterministic. You just need good radars.

No, hypersonics are a legitimate new development, Russia just deceptively brands some of its low-tech arsenal.

[fauxpause_]

I agree. But I don’t think the article makes that clear. In fact I think it strongly implies otherwise that the missiles being used against Ukraine are the scary maneuvering kind.

[andrewflnr]

When you say "they're not very scary", without mentioning that it's entirely due to dishonest marketing that "they" (the Russian "hypersonic weapons in Ukraine) are even in the conversation, you contribute to the confusion.

[fauxpause_]

I guess? The article is the thing that introduces them as such and does not clarify to begin the problem, imo.