Russia Tests Hypersonic Missile In The Arctic

FILE PHOTO: A MiG-31 Foxhound fighter-interceptor with the Kinzhal high-precision hypersonic aero-ballistic missile. © Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev

RT: Cold steel: Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic missile ‘completes its first ARCTIC test’

Russia’s new Kinzhal (‘Dagger’) air-launched hypersonic missile has been tested in freezing Arctic conditions. It successfully struck a land-based target in what was the maiden test of its kind, defense industry sources said.

The top-secret trials took place in mid-November at the Pemboi range in the north-western Komi Republic, one of the sources told TASS. The Russian region stretches beyond the Arctic Circle.

The missile was fired from a MiG-31K supersonic interceptor aircraft, which NATO calls ‘Foxhound.’ Kinzhal “reached the speed of Mach 10 (over 12,000kph),” another unnamed official told the agency.

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Update: Russia tests hypersonic missile in Arctic - TASS cites sources (Reuters)

WNU Editor: Russia is also testing (and ready to deploy) this hyper-sonic missile system .... Russia’s Avangard hypersonic missile system to go on combat alert in December — top brass (TASS). More here .... Nuclear Nightmare? Russia’s Avangard Hypersonic Missile Is About to Go Operational(National Interest).