The Pentagon says the Oreshnik is a tweak of Russia’s RS-26 Rubezh missile, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that has been tested since 2011.

On Nov. 21, Russia launched its first intermediate-range ballistic missile, codenamed Oreshnik, at Dnipro, traveling just over 800 kilometers toward its target, according to British intelligence. The missile has a maximum range of 3,

Russia’s new ballistic missile flies on a high arc out of Earth’s atmosphere and releases multiple high-speed projectiles, making it challenging but not impossible to intercept