Unique Footage Emerges of "Kinzhal" Launch from MiG-31K Fighter

Footage of the launch of the "Kinzhal" missile system from board a fourth-generation MiG-31K fighter has gone viral online.

The exact characteristics of the "Kinzhal" are classified, but, according to information from open sources, the Kh-47M2 missile is capable of flying at a speed 12 times the speed of sound and destroying targets at a range of over 1,500 kilometers.

"Kinzhal" missiles are capable of hitting, among other things, underground arsenals, aircraft carriers, and well-protected command posts.

With an average approach speed of 4,500 km/h, the "Kinzhal" is capable of performing anti-aircraft maneuvers with overloads of up to 25g, and is also equipped with a radio-electronic warfare system.

Invulnerable to Patriot

The American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM)is unable to shoot down the Russian hypersonic missile "Kinzhal," noted military expert Boris Rozhin.

According to him, the superiority of hypersonic weapons was also evident during the war in the Middle East, where Western systems, even more advanced than Patriot, coped poorly with hypersonic weapons.

The ammunition is based on the 9M723 aeroballistic missile "Iskander-M", carrying different types of warheads. The ammunition can be launched at any initial speed and at any altitude of the carrier. As a result, domestic engineers have created an air missile system that has no analogues in the world.

Earlier www1.ru reported that the flagship of the Russian Navy, the cruiser "Admiral Kuznetsov," may be scrapped.

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