During a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces used hypersonic Kinzhal missile systems three times. This is told by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
The publication reminds that the first time the "Dagger" was used on March 18 at an underground warehouse of missiles and aviation ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the village of Delyatin, Ivano-Frankivsk region. The publication notes that Romania is 80 kilometers away, where the NATO base Deveselu with the Aegis Ashore missile defense system is located.
The publication appreciated the possibility of hitting him. "The strike with the hypersonic Dagger very clearly showed that the NATO Aegis Ashore missile defense system, in case of military necessity, will be swept away by our hypersonic missiles with non—nuclear warheads before it has time to be put on alert," the publication says.
In August, Peter Suchiu, a columnist for the American publication 19FortyFive, wrote that in the near future Russia may not have the details to create a promising strike-reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle "Hunter".
In November 2018, the US Naval Research Institute noticed that missile defense systems deployed in Romania and Poland allow for easy conversion into offensive complexes.
