Hypersonic weapons like Russia’s Oreshnik missile present a formidable challenge to existing missile defense systems. However, defenses capable of intercepting them do exist.

Russian Deputy Anatoly Wasserman claims that Vladimir Putin has a secret weapon that remains unknown to the public. According to this Russian propagandist, the new Oreshnik missile, launched on November 21st at the Ukrainian Dnieper,

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin announced the "successful test" of the Oreshnik medium-range missile. According to him, the Russian Federation has several more of these systems, and testing will continue.