EU needs its own Oreshnik – Macron

France is “within range” of Russia’s hypersonic ballistic missile, the president has warned

French President Emmanuel Macron has said his country and its European partners will accelerate the development of new long-range weapons, pointing to Russia’s Oreshnik as a technological achievement capable of shifting the balance of power in the short term.

The Russian military used its cutting-edge Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile system last week to strike a Ukrainian aviation plant in Lviv, which was servicing F-16s and MiG-29s near the Polish border.

“We are within range of these shots,” Macron warned soldiers in a speech at the Istres-Le Tube…

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