A Russian MiG-31K fighter jet, moving from an air ambush, destroyed an American anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) Patriot in Kiev with a hypersonic Kinzhal missile. A knowledgeable source said DEA News.
According to the interlocutor of the agency, the high speed of the Russian Kinzhal missiles makes it possible to reach military installations on the territory of Ukraine in just a few minutes, so targets such as the Patriot complex do not have time to load new missiles. Launch aircraft missiles into launchers after firing or even repositioning.
Thus, the source said that, in fact, due to the excessively high speed of the “Dagger”, the American air defense system was destroyed in an air ambush, and the combat team of the enemy could not do anything to protect the Patriot.
Former Russian Ministry of Defense reported On the destruction of the American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system using the Kinzhal hypersonic missile on the night of May 16 in Kiev. The moment of the alleged defeat of the air defense system was captured on video: The footage shows how the air defense system repulsed the attack by firing about 30 anti-aircraft missiles, and after a while a powerful explosion occurred in the place where the missiles were. took off