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No, Yuzhmash for example was a super deep underground facility built for nuclear war, regular missiles couldn't do much to it. The Oreshnik can by sending 130 kg chunks of solid metal into the ground at mach 10.
From what I remember hearing, if it hits the ground faster than a few times the speed of sound it actually penetrates less into the ground because it can't deform enough and the part hitting the ground kinda just turns into plasma and "explodes" not allowing it to go very deep. Or something like that...