The Russian Federation military launched a hypersonic ballistic missile and destroyed a large underground weapons depot in western Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said. If confirmed, it would be Russia's first use in this war of the Kinzhal, or Dagger, air-launched ballistic missile, most likely by a MiG-31 fighter jet.
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President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly highlighted Russia's investment in hypersonic missiles, which can travel at more than five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5. The statistics are impressive:
▫️Destruction of a weapons depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by high-precision missile weapons strike. We can see the exact hit of an underground hangar with weapons and ammunition. pic.twitter.com/sKTF46Tdb0
— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) March 19, 2022
According to Russian officials, the Kinzhal can hit a target at a distance of up to 2,000 km (1,240 miles) and can fly at over 6,000 km/h.
President Putin boasted last December that Russia led the world in hypersonic missiles, which are difficult to track because they can change direction in mid-flight. Russia released a video of what it said was its missile attack on the weapons depot in Deliatyn, a village in southwestern Ukraine just 100km from the Romanian border.
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