The Northern Fleet will receive a hypersonic missile system
The range of the hypersonic missile system "Dagger" can get the countries of Scandinavia, the Baltic States and a significant part of the Northern Sea Route, if this weapon is adopted by the Northern Fleet, the media write. According to expert assessment, currently there is no technology capable of intercepting the "Dagger".
the russian defense ministry has decided to arm the naval aviation of the northern fleet with a hypersonic complex "dagger", according to" izvestia " with reference to sources in the defense ministry. According to the interlocutors of the publication, personnel and infrastructure for the maintenance and operation of hypersonic weapons will begin to be prepared next year.
At the same time, it is noted that the missile not only has hypersonic speed, but also maneuvers in flight, which, according to the military, makes it invulnerable to existing and promising means of air and missile defense (air defense and missile defense).
"Such a product will be useful in any direction. This is the strongest weapon that other countries do not have. From the airfields of the Northern Fleet, hypersonic complexes will cover both the northern and north-western territories, "former commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, Lieutenant General Valery Gorbenko, told Izvestia.
He drew attention to the fact that now there are no air defense systems in the world that can intercept the "Dagger", so these missiles, if necessary, can effectively perform the tasks that will be assigned to them.
"Dagger "is an aviation version of the Iskander operational-tactical missile system. This complex was first announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message to the Federal Assembly in March 2018. the rocket's features include its speed, which is ten times the speed of sound. in addition, this weapon has the ability to maneuver along the entire flight path. The missile can hit objects on land, as well as ships.
According to TASS, the first "Dagger" was tested in November last year in the Arctic. then a mig-31k fighter jet fired a missile at a ground target at the pemboy training ground, which is located northeast of vorkuta. the carrier plane took off from the olenegorsk airfield. according to the agency's source, the speed of the rocket reached ten mach - about 12 thousand km/h.
These aircraft are part of the 45th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Northern Fleet equipped with a squadron of the 98th mixed Aviation Regiment, which is located in Monchegorsk on the Kola Peninsula. The missile system can enter service with a new aviation unit.
The MiG-31 was designed to intercept and eliminate air targets at extremely low, low, medium and high altitudes. This fighter can operate day and night, in simple and difficult weather conditions. It is capable of performing tasks even if the enemy engages any active and passive radar interference or false thermal targets.
Four such aircraft can keep under control the airspace extending along the front up to 1,1 thousand km.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov previously reported that ten long-range MiGs are already on experimental combat duty of the country's army. The equipment equipped with "Daggers", according to him, can be applied at any time when it is necessary.
In January, Vladimir Putin watched from the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov missile firing, including cruise missiles "Caliber" and hypersonic aeroballistic missile "Dagger". this took place within the framework of joint exercises of the northern and black sea fleets in the black sea. The maneuvers took place in this area on January 9.
Putin inspected the MiG-31 fighter-interceptor with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile in May last year, when he visited the Chkalov State Flight Test Center, where he was shown modern aircraft and weapons.
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