"Oreshnik: Russian Hypersonic Missile"

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Russia's has used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile for the first time. What are its capabilities?

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Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about the Oreshnik on national TV hours after the Nov. 21 attack on Dnipro .

Putin said the missile was called the “ Oreshnik ” — Russian for “hazelnut tree" The Pentagon says the missile is an experimental type of intermediate-range ballistic missile.

The attack marked the first time such a weapon was used in a war.

Russian state media extolled the Oreshnik , claiming it will take just 11 minutes to reach an air base in Poland and 17 minutes to NATO ’s headquarters in Brussels .

“Bomb shelters will not save you,” Dmitry Medvedev , deputy head of Putin's Security Council , said.

In terms of psychological warfare, it works great' in serving the Kremlin 's goal to scare a Western audience, an expert says.

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