Vladimir Putin made another loud statement, arguing that the warheads of the Orezhnik rocket withstand a temperature equal to the temperature of the sun. However, this statement was denied by air expert Valery Romanenko, who stressed that the high temperature at the entrance of the object into the atmosphere is a standard phenomenon and is not extraordinary.
"Any object that enters the Earth's atmosphere is heated due to the great speed at which it moves," the expert explained. He compared "Orezhnik" with other modern space technologies, such as rockets mask and spacecraft that undergo similar temperatures.
Romanenko also denied Putin's statements about the presence of a nuclear warhead in the Orezhnik missiles. According to him, the rocket does not contain the nuclear part, since its design involves the division into numerous elements, which does not allow to place a nuclear charge. At the same time, he emphasized the importance of the kinetic strike of the rocket, not a temperature that is not a major factor in the target.
Ironically noting that Putin probably became a "thermodynamic", Romanenko emphasized that comparing the temperature of the missile warhead with the sun's temperature looks like an attempt to draw attention to Russian technologies without real grounds.
Despite these remarks, Putin continues to praise his Orezhnik rocket, comparing its capabilities with the Avangard - a hypersonic missile, which, he said, is approaching the temperature on the surface of the sun. This is no longer Putin's first application for the latest achievements in rocket technology, but we can hardly talk about their real efficiency.
As for the use of the Orezhnik rocket, on November 21, 2024, Russia used it to hit the city of Dnipro. Despite some reports that the second "Orezhnik" was unable to complete the task and exploded in the Russian territory, this information was later denied. Despite this, the use of the rocket once again emphasizes Russia's ambitions to improve its military technologies.
