Russian military personnel are actively using long-range strategic cruise missiles X-101 AS-23A KODIAK and cruise missiles of the "Caliber" family. However, the country's missile arsenal is shrinking. This is according to military expert Stavros Atlamazoglou in an article for The National Interest.
Atlamazoglou refers to information from a UK Ministry of Defence report.
KODIAK (Х-101) remains the primary missile for large-scale strikes.
According to the author of The National Interest, Russia has received large shipments of missiles and drones from North Korea and Iran.
The replenishment of the arsenal allows Russian long-range aviation aircraft to strike at any time in any place.
The strategic air-to-surface cruise missileХ-101 was developed on the basis of the Kh-55 series missiles by the Raduga design bureau in the 1980s.
- Length - 7.45 m
- Diameter - 742 mm
- Launch weight - 2400 kg
- Warhead mass - 400 kg
- Cruising speed - 200 m/s
- Carriers: Tu-160, Tu-95MSM
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