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Flying High: Russia’s New Oreshnik Missile Takes Off Across Asian Online Search Engines

© Photo : Social mediaScreenshot of social media video showing Russia's Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile system targeting a major defense-related enterprise in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Screenshot of social media video showing Russia's Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile system targeting a major defense-related enterprise in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. - Sputnik International, 1920, 08.01.2025
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Russia using last year the state-of-the-art Oreshnik missile to destroy a Ukrainian defense industry facility grabbed global headlines.
Information about Russia's cutting-edge, nuclear-capable intermediate-range hypersonic missile, the Oreshnik, has already made its mark in online encyclopedias across the Asia-Pacific region. Let’s delve into the details.
Baidu Baike, China’s largest search engine: the Oreshnik is translated using a hieroglyph that represents a hazelnut tree. The article features the missile's characteristics, expert opinions, and multimedia materials, including a video showcasing the missile's combat use.
© PhotoA screenshot of Wikipedia Thai edition.
A screenshot of Wikipedia Thai edition. - Sputnik International
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A screenshot of Wikipedia Thai edition.
© PhotoA screenshot of Wikipedia Vietnamese edition.
A screenshot of Wikipedia Vietnamese edition. - Sputnik International
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A screenshot of Wikipedia Vietnamese edition.
© PhotoA screenshot of Wikipedia Indonesian edition.
A screenshot of Wikipedia Indonesian edition. - Sputnik International
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A screenshot of Wikipedia Indonesian edition.
© PhotoA screenshot of Wikipedia Chinese edition.
A screenshot of Wikipedia Chinese edition. - Sputnik International
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A screenshot of Wikipedia Chinese edition.
© PhotoA Namuwiki screenshot.
A Namuwiki screenshot. - Sputnik International
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A Namuwiki screenshot.
© Photo A Baidu Baike screenshot.
 A Baidu Baike screenshot. - Sputnik International
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A Baidu Baike screenshot.
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A screenshot of Wikipedia Thai edition.
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A screenshot of Wikipedia Vietnamese edition.
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A screenshot of Wikipedia Indonesian edition.
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A screenshot of Wikipedia Chinese edition.
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A Namuwiki screenshot.
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A Baidu Baike screenshot.
South Korea’s Namuwiki: "The Oreshnik seems to have been named for the resemblance of its six warheads, which fall during the terminal phase, to the flowers of the hazelnut tree," the page dedicated to missile-related topics reads, while also featuring footage of the Oreshnik’s launch.
Wikipedia: the Internet-based encyclopedia has articles about the Oreshnik in its Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, and Vietnamese sections. All of these articles, except the Chinese one, are translations of the English-language entry. Mistakenly, the Chinese version refers to the Oreshnik as a long-range ballistic missile.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently hailed the successful test-firing of the Oreshnik missile on November 21. This missile struck a Ukrainian defense industry complex in Dnepropetrovsk, in response to Ukraine's use of US- and UK-supplied missiles aimed at hitting facilities in Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions.
In this file photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, a rocket launches from missile system as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test launched from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.12.2024
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