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them. they knew it was coming. why are they saying this? russia properly notified the test through international authorities, the u.s., other countries, have obligations to notify these kinds of ballistic missile tests, and the russians lived up to those obligations. the u.s. knew the test window was open. they knew when the missile launched and when it was going out into far eastern russia from its launch point. how did they know this? u.s. satellite, u.s. intelligence assets are able to track the signature, if you will, the heat given off by these kinds of missile launches, and are able to track them all the way to their target. so the u.s. knew this was not something aimed at the u.s. they knew it was a test this is a program the russians have been working on for some time. it's a program they say will become operational in the coming months after they finish the test phase and it will replace a
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missile was so important, this is a so-called hypersonic missile, traveling at speeds up to mach 5 and above. difficult in a combat situation to shoot down if an adversary has that missile and if it is coming at you because of the high speed it travels at when it is launched from an aircraft, as it was in this test. here's the problem. the russians have this missile, this kind of technology, they already used it in ukraine. the u.s. says, it is not a game changer but the u.s. has not been able to successfully field a hypersonic missile, it is in the test phase in the u.s. military. so very important that they were able to have a successful test. but, indeed, this happened back in mid-march. and my colleague oren lieberman has been told the u.s. military decided not to publicize it because of concerns that it would potentially escalate tensions with the russians, the russians sensitive about any u.s. weaponry and it is not the
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