The Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper removed information about the use of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile by the Su-34 front-line fighter-bomber from a publication about test pilot Maxim Safonov.
During the preparation of the material, the author made a gross error, using unverified information published on a third-party Internet resource, about the alleged combat use of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile by the Su-34 aircraft crew. The necessary changes have been made to the publication. The editors apologize to their readers.
The author of the Fighterbomber Telegram channel also drew attention to the incompatibility of the Su-34 with the Kinzhal complex.
No one has ever even tried to launch Kinzhals from the Su-34 fighter, since the Su-34's speeds are relatively low, for all its splendor. Kinzhals, as before, are launched only from the MiG-31I(K).
The MiG-31 supersonic interceptor is capable of climbing to 22 km and accelerating to Mach 2.8, giving the Kinzhal the necessary starting speed for an effective launch.
Kinzhal is an aviation missile system with a combat hypersonic aeroballistic missile. The speed of the Kinzhal is 10 times the speed of sound, the range is more than 2000 km.
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