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Theodore Postol: The Secrets of Russia's Oreshnik Missile

2026-01-19 People & Blogs
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MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor Ted Postol outlines the strengths and limitations of the Oreshnik missile, and debunks some of the myths. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the research by Prof. Glenn Diesen: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f Books by Prof. Glenn Diesen: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09FPQ4MDL

Top Comments (10)

@АлексКарпов-ф2ц 2026-01-19

Well, if Oreshnik is just PR can I see pictures of aftermath at YuzhMash plant and Lvov Air Repair plant? Please?

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@scarbo22 2026-01-19

The Oreshnik may be conventional, but it’s certainly not ordinary.

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@tjones4028 2026-01-19

I think the #1 indication that proves this weapon does a ton of damage is that the US/Ukrainians scrub all pictures/video/satallite images from being seen. If there was little damage they’d show everything.

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@filipou1000 2026-01-19

Why dont we see damage of targeted site? If oreshnik wasnt a big deal kiev had share many more information about those attack+satellite images

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@sadievo 2026-01-19

Can we see the results of the strike in Lvov. Then we will figure out how powerful is this weapon.

34 6 replies
@TrickyVickey 2026-01-19

I suspect they have other things greater than hazel.

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@azitatheconfused1448 2026-01-19

If it's a secret it wouldn't be revealed on YT.

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@ziggythecat 2026-01-20

Prof. Postol. How come we have never seen any footage from the sites Oreshniks have hit so far? I’m confident that if the damage has been minor we would have seen pics nonstop by now.

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@necsoiub 2026-01-19

He was probably talking about the Oreshnik attacks that only had kinetic projectiles but Oreshnik could definitely be equipped with nuclear MIRV's.

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@MrTfornatora 2026-01-19

I’m not sure that Postol’s intent is to denigrate the technology; but rather to opine that conventional use of this weapon does not warrant a nuclear response. This is how I interpret his remarks, anyway.

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