A Russian MiG-31K Foxhound jet fighter armed with an ‘unstoppable’ nuclear-capable hypersonic missile was reportedly noticed in Belarus.
In keeping with the Belarusian Hajun Mission, MiG-31K plane with RF-92339 quantity along with the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Dagger) strike system was noticed in Belarus throughout coaching sorties.
Moscow claims its ‘Kinzhal’ missile system is “unstoppable” by present Western weapons. The system is designed for a strike at targets at a distance of over 2,000 km.
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The size of the KH-47M2 is about three meters, externally it’s distinguished by the air consumption of the ramjet air-jet engine projecting on the backside – an analogous configuration is used on the newest strategic missiles KH-101. The pace of the brand new missile exceeds 4 Mach.
Hypersonic missiles are weapons designed to fly at speeds better than 5 occasions the pace of sound, or Mach 5, which is about 3,800 mph (6,100 kph). Their pace and talent to maneuver themselves to a goal make them extraordinarily tough to trace and shoot down.
Belarus-based Russian forces pushed into northern Ukraine at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the nation in late February in a bid to seize Kyiv, a 150-kilometer drive from the Belarusian border. Lukashenko stored his forces out of direct involvement within the invasion, whereas publicly supporting it and permitting Russia’s army to make use of Belarusian territory and infrastructure.
Ukrainian forces equipped with Western weapons stopped the Russian assault exterior Kyiv and counterattacked, prompting a Russian withdrawal from northern Ukrainian areas round Kyiv and a retreat into Belarus by early April.