How Dangerous is Russia's Oreshnik Missile? Pentagon Expert Explains

In this unsettling episode of The Bill Walton Show, national security expert Stephen Bryen returns to cut through the fog about Russia's game-changing hypersonic missile and what it means for U.S. security. As Joe Biden requests another $24 billion for Ukraine, Bryen reveals how Russia has achieved strategic superiority in missile technology - a capability we cannot match or defend against.

Dr. Stephen Bryen, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, has over 50 years national security experience including many stints in the Pentagon where he became one of the world’s leading experts on the arms trade.

Speaking with precision born from decades of defense expertise, Bryen explains how this new missile travels at Mach 20, pulverizes underground bunkers without explosives, and can strike anywhere in Europe. More concerning: the United States has no equivalent weapon and no defensive system to stop it.

Drawing on a recent German think tank report, Bryen also exposes NATO's military unpreparedness, challenging comfortable assumptions about Western military superiority. His analysis is clinical, factual, and deeply disturbing for anyone concerned about U.S. and European security.

Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:53 Game Changer
06:20 Bunker Killer
10:02 Defensive Gap
08:25 Strategic Shift
09:21 Capability Gap
15:23 Intelligence Failure
19:51 Ukraine Reality
24:48 Depleted Arsenal
21:54 Negotiation Leverage
28:50 Warning Signal

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[Jimmy-nson]

Zelenkski's recently famous words, "The missiles will speak for themselves".
Putin agrees wholeheartedly.

[pashapasovski]

You know that destruction was complete when Ukraine banned any pictures in the aftermath!

[robertlackey]

The first thing Trump should do is repair the pipeline we blew up.

[Jeeiff]

Imagine a scenario where your own country (empire) has become so abhorrent on the world stage...that your own population begins rooting for the other side.

[Maruwasa]

I want 24 billion dollars to help homeless in California and fix housing instead of sending it to Ukraine

[adepadle]

Thanks god, Americans dont have this technology otherwise they would have started 20/30 more wars around the world.

[zoz]

The notion that the Russians and Chinese don't get along is a western misconception. For the past 5 years Purun and Xi have on numerous occasions said how strong their relationship is. Perfect example is the binding defence agreement with North Korea. The Chinese would never allow that to happen if the relationship was bad. Also the stronger relationship between Vietnam and Russia also would not occur without China's nod. Both China and Russia understand that they must stay united against Western aggressive behaviour, as well as strength in being the pillars of BRICS.

Your other point about options is also somewhat dubious, Russia is a key BRICS partner and has a very strong relationship with India. That relationship is the key for China. China needs Russia just as much Russia needs China.

[goranmarko]

I don't think many people understand what happened on 21 of November In Dnipro.
FOR Those who can't think two steps ahead, I will tell them.
The Oreshnik (hazelnut) has just cancelled the future US - China war in the next decade.
The Americans will now come to conclusion, it is too risky to start any direct confrontation with China.
And their window of such a war in my opinion was up to 2 years max from now . After that, China will get too strong.
But The Oreshnik made that 2y window into 5 months.
So the plan of 20+ years of planning, encircling China and stopping it's economic development by military means will have to be abandoned.
It is clear to me. Oreshnik is probably the biggest peace maker, but majority of people are not noticing that.
But it will take many years for the historians to reach same conclusion.

Macedonian

[MohammedKarimzai]

Why US don’t spend this money to build homes for homeless families.

[davekeating]

You got it wrong. The minimum Russia wants to get NATO out of Ukraine and US Aegis ashore missiles in Romania and Poland out of range of Moscow.
Ideally what they want is what they agreed to in 1992 as a condition of allowing the reunification of German when GW Bush agreed that NATO wouldn't expand one inch toward the Russian borders. Honour youe agreements and all this bloodshed goes away.

[artyomzakharenko]

“The more you fuck around, the more you find out.” - Vladimir Putin

[mitchellsmith]

A warhead traveling that fast doesn't need a explosive to cause pure horror😢

[MrSlavikman]

The Ukrainians fired? Seriously? The Americans fired and guided in the Atacms.

[mariov]

the war in ukraine start in 2014, NOT in 2022.

[melweconsultancy]

Oreshnik missiles is the second Sputnik moment that the international community are beginning to realize. These mean all the current missiles and armament are being made redundant. Bravo President Putin. 😂😂😂😂😂

[donzell]

Russia is peaceful country, not going to threat anyone, Russia is only prepared for it's security, USA is the only one surrounding Russia with military bases, leave Russia in peace you will get peace and friendly orthodox Christians, they moral and values lifestyle they will stand to defend that.

[tad]

Very good analysis. The only 3 things I would add :

- Oreshnik can be launched from a mobile platform - this makes them even more lethal.

- Russian AD systems are also ground breaking in particular the S500, S400 and Pantsir systems.

- the hypersonic glide vehicles on these game changing Russian weapons systems are manoeuverable, ie they don't travel on a ballistic trajectory.

The only hypersonic missiles the West possess can only travel on a ballistic arc, making them easy to detect from launch & highly vulnerable to Russia's game changing defence systems eg the S500.

In short, the Russians are decades ahead. Why has the West has fallen so far behind? Apart from a lazy & corrupt military industrial sector, it's the lack of STEM in the US education system, in particular math and physics, that is the problem. The Russians, Chinese & Iranians are way, way ahead in STEM and have been for years, hence their ability to produce the genius behind these incredible weapons.

[wallstreet]

No aircraft carrier can hide from Oreshnik Missile

[amunra]

Russia just introduced a game changer for the next 50 years.

[milangurin]

wow very rare to find someone from West with common sense talking about reality on Youtube, thank you