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The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Russian: Х-47М2 Кинжал, IPA: [kʲɪn'ʐaɫ], lit. ' Dagger '; NATO reporting name : AS-24 Killjoy ) is a Russian hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It has an estimated range of 460–480 km (290–300 mi) [ 6 ] and a reported top speed of Mach 10.
Kh-47M2 Kinzhal. Alamy. Nation: Russia ... referring to his country’s new hypersonic missiles. Kinzhal can carry either a conventional warhead with 1,100 pounds of explosive, or a nuclear device ...
The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile started test operations in December 2017 and has been deployed since 2018. [5] On 27 December 2019, TASS reported that the first missile regiment armed with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle officially entered combat duty. [6] As of 2020, the 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile was still under development.
The Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” — which means “dagger” in Russian — was billed as a state-of-the-art hypersonic missile, “invincible,” in Putin’s words, to Western air defenses.
In 2018, Russia unveiled an air-launched ballistic missile called Kh-47M2 Kinzhal with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 mi). It is suspected to be a version of the Iskander missile. Earlier Soviet aero-ballistic missiles have a much shorter range, e.g. Kh-15 only has a range of 300 km (190 mi). In March 2022, the Kinzhal was used for the first time ...
Ukraine said it destroyed nearly all the Kinzhal and Zirkon missiles that Russia fired in a massive weekend barrage. Ukraine says Russia's unstoppable hypersonic missiles had another bad night ...
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The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal is an air-launched hypersonic ballistic missile. Russian forces rarely use such expensive missiles against Ukraine, due to their limited stocks.