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Russia Showing 'Undefeatable' Missile Doesn't Work That Well: UK Intel
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The UK Ministry of Defence said in an intelligence update that Russia’s Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles had a “mixed combat debut” in Ukraine.
According to a Telegram post by Ukraine’s Air Force, Russia launched three of them towards Kyiv and a strategic airfield in the western city of Starokonstantinov.
In a 2018 address to Russia’s Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin numbered them among six super weapons, per the MOD.
He said that its speed “allows it to overcome all existing and, I think, prospective anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense systems, delivering nuclear and conventional warheads in a range of over 2,000 kilometers.”
Missiles are considered “hypersonic” when they travel over five times the speed of sound with “significant maneuverability,” per a research briefing by the MOD.
Kinzhal is an advanced system designed to be fired at speed and altitude from the MiG-31, a fast-moving Russian combat aircraft, per the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Missile Threat project.
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