A Russian MiG-31K armed with a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missile<\/p>\n
Turk Intelligence tells me that three U.S.-made PATRIOT Missile batteries in Ukraine have been destroyed by Russian “Dagger” hypersonic missiles.\u00a0 Only two more such PATRIOT Systems remain in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
One of the PATRIOT system destroyed was positioned in the Kiev Zhuliany Airport, and had been sent to Ukraine by Germany.\u00a0 It was destroyed by a Russian Kh-47 Kinzhal missile, sometimes called “Dagger.”<\/p>\n
Condor satellite data was enhanced through radio-technical and agent intelligence operations on the ground, leading to the rapid destruction of the target.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s SBU and GUR are actively searching for the possible source of the Intel leak what confirmed targeting coordinates of the PATRIOT, allowing the Kinzhal to destroy it.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Kh-47M2 Kinzhal\u00a0\u00a0“Dagger”,\u00a0\u00a0is a Russian\u00a0hypersonic\u00a0air-launched ballistic missile.<\/p>\n
It has a reported range of 1,500\u20132,000\u00a0km (930\u20131,240\u00a0mi) and speed up to\u00a0Mach\u00a010.<\/p>\n
It can carry either conventional or nuclear warheads and can be launched by\u00a0Tu-22M3\u00a0bombers or\u00a0MiG-31K\u00a0interceptors.<\/p>\n
It has been deployed at airbases in Russia’s\u00a0Southern Military District\u00a0and\u00a0Western Military District.<\/p>\n
The Kinzhal entered service in December 2017 and was one of the six new\u00a0Russian strategic weapons\u00a0unveiled by Russian President\u00a0Vladimir Putin\u00a0in March 2018.<\/p>\n
The destruction of the PATRIOT missile battery at the Zhuliany Airport was teh third such system to be destroyed by Russia in Ukraine.\u00a0 Only two more such systems remain active inside Ukraine.<\/p>\n