Originally Posted by
pasta
Also the observation that, 30 years after GW1 (which you'd have thought they were watching) the Russians seem to think that a weapon that can travel at Mach 12 (allegedly) is better than one that can accurately hit its target.
That would be true if the Russians' aim was to maximise military effect and minimise collateral damage, but that's not their modus operandi. If want you want is unstoppable terror with no regard for what's actually hit, and don't consider the financial or political cost to be important, hypersonic missiles are just the ticket.