* Moscow claims the 'Kinzhal'- or Dagger - missile is 'unstoppable' by current Western defensive weapons
* The weapon, which has a range of 1,250 miles, is nuclear capable. The Friday attack was a conventional strike
* Vladimir Putin has termed the missile 'an ideal weapon' that flies at 10 times the speed of sound
* The missile was one of an array of new weapons Putin unveiled in his state-of-the-nation address in 2018
* Russia first used the weapon during its military campaign in Syria in 2016 to support the Assad regime
Russia unleashed its 'unstoppable' Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine, the defence ministry said today, destroying a weapons storage site in the country's west on Friday.
Russia has never before admitted using the high-precision weapon in combat, and state news agency RIA Novosti said it was the first use of the Kinzhal hypersonic weapons during the conflict in pro-Western Ukraine.
Moscow claims the 'Kinzhal'- or Dagger - is 'unstoppable' by current Western weapons.
The missile, which has a range of 1,250 miles, is nuclear capable. This was a conventional strike.
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Russia Uses Hypersonic Missiles For The First Time In Strike On Ukraine Arms Depot
Russia claims to have fired its 'Dagger' hypersonic ballistic missile for the first time during its invasion of Ukraine -- Business Insider
Russia uses hypersonic missiles in strike on Ukraine arms depot -- Reuters
Russia claims first use of hypersonic Kinzhal missile in Ukraine -- BBC
Russia Claims Hypersonic Missile Strike, Ukraine Urges Cease-Fire -- Moscow Times
Russia claims it hit Ukrainian weapons storage with hypersonic missile -- The Hill
Russia claims to hit Ukraine with hypersonic missile, expert warns it is part of Putin’s ‘strategic plan’ -- FOX News
Russia uses hypersonic missiles in strike on Ukraine as Zelenskyy calls for comprehensive peace talks -- ABC News Australia
Russia claims it deployed nuke-capable hypersonic missile -- NYPost
Russia's new Ukraine weapon: What is a hypersonic missile? -- Euronews
4 comments:
Not much of an operational test. The Ukrainians have no air defenses other than manpads. So this is sending a signal.
That is okay. Let Putin be gratuitous lie president bubba. Russia has a GDP smaller than Italy's. With the heavy discounts on oil sales, the GDP is likely to contract.
That looked like a meteor. Then we get the shock wave (sonic boom). The target was probably 40 miles past the cameraman.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44840/we-have-questions-about-russias-claimed-kinzhal-hypersonic-missile-use-in-ukraine
Scroll down to the update with sat images and analysis.
There are questions about the location amongst other things...
Incorrect , they still have various operational Sam's by all accounts . Regardless even patriot or iron dome would be useless
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