Russia has for the first time deployed two interceptor jets capable of carrying the hyped Kinzhal hypersonic missile for war games in Syria, media reported Friday.
“A pair of MiG-31K aircraft with the ability to use the latest hypersonic missiles from the Kinzhal complex flew from Russian airfields to the Russian airbase Khmeimim in Syria for exercises,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said as quoted by Interfax.
The MiG-31Ks joined other warplanes and submarines in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as the British Royal Navy’s carrier strike group carries out its first anti-Islamic State mission and a U.S. Navy destroyer enters the region following NATO maritime patrols in the Black Sea.
According to the Defense Ministry’s Zvezda broadcaster, the Russian exercises included an Il-38 and Tu-142MK anti-submarine aircraft, as well as Tu-22M3 supersonic bombers.
Its naval forces were bolstered by the missile cruiser Moskva and the frigates Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov as well as the Stary Oskol and Rostov-on-Don submarines.
Footage shared by Zvezda showed the MiG-31Ks taking off and landing, and the Khmeimim commander greeting its pilots.
MiG-31K interceptor jets last year test-fired the Kinzhal (Dagger) missile during military drills overseen by President Vladimir Putin.
Putin has touted the Kinzhal and other missile systems as “invincible” weapons that could evade enemy defenses as he declared Russia’s superiority in the field.
The Islamic State is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.
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““A pair of MiG-31K aircraft with the ability to use the latest hypersonic missiles from the Kinzhal complex flew from Russian airfields to the Russian airbase Khmeimim in Syria for exercises,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said as quoted by Interfax.”
Are these invisible missiles like the ones dropped on the UK ship? Perhaps your invincible, invisible weapons are just that, another mythical weapon brought to you by the makers of the invisible, invincible tank. BTW, is the aircraft carrying this invincible weapon, also invincible?
If they were serious they wouldn’t be advertising the exercise. Also, why the hell would they go all the way to Syria? No place to practice in the largest country on Earth? Or perhaps just want to avoid the media in case something goes awry?
If they was that good, or existed, Putler would be showing these to the world. Here is an interesting article about hypersonic missiles, basically they are more hype than hypersonic.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/military/hypersonic-missiles-are-being-hyped
Thanks for the article, it sounds correct to me. Even if Putin is using the 90-year old technology they still can’t afford it, they just want an article in RT, like the fake vaccine…
Russian technology is up to date, the only problem it lies on a computer hard drive. 😂
You mean a Floppy Disc? ;))
Russia on Friday confirmed 20,393 new coronavirus cases, the highest number since January, and 601 deaths. Moscow recorded 7,916 cases and an all-time high of 98 deaths. St. Petersburg also recorded an almost all-time high of 98 deaths.
THANKS TO THE SUPER DUPER PUTINKA VACCIN!
Mafia land’s super-duper, hyper-diaper weapons are a pipedream … just like its believe that Crimea belongs to them or that they are a superpower. Potemkin Village comes to mind…