Originally Posted by
gizmo71
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.
Yet another parallel to Hitler and his vengeance weapons. Lots and lots of money and manpower devoted to the V-1 and V-2 programs that ultimately would have far better invested in existing weapons programs instead of being used to terrorize London (not to mention the starvation of large parts of the German population when the majority of the potato crop was diverted to making alcohol fuel for the V-2).