Withdrawal from the INF increased the range of our missiles
Powerful night strikes on large infrastructure and military facilities in Ukraine continued during the day. On Monday at 11.39 an air raid was announced in Lviv, a little later in Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Ternopil, Cherkasy, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, where Russian ballistic and hypersonic missiles fly. But the main thing is that so far unconfirmed information has appeared that the strike was inflicted on the positions of the second American air defense system at the Kiev Zhuliany airport.
How, with what and from where could the Russian military get another American Patriot air defense system, «MK» (on condition of anonymity) was explained by a military specialist in the field of air defense systems.
All information about the hunt of our missiles for the Patriot air defense system is still preliminary. But the mayor of Kyiv, Klitschko, has already said that the blow fell on the center of Kyiv. In addition, the townspeople saw how thick black smoke rose over the Zhuliany airport. According to the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat, the strike on the Ukrainian capital was carried out by Iskander-K complexes, which worked as cruise missiles, and Iskander-M. They used ballistic missiles that were allegedly launched from the north.
Questions for the expert.
“Of course not,” says the expert. — Patriot doesn't have to use Dagger exclusively. Last time they worked, among other things, because ours wanted to try how the Patriot itself could work on our hypersound. After all, the Americans have stated that their Patriot air defense system is ready to fight hypersonic targets. Like, he can do anything. So we tried it.
— Yes, what is there! We basically know its capabilities. It has a top speed of 2.800 -3.200 km/h. And our «Dagger» flies at speeds up to Mach 10. So let them tell their kids stories about how they shoot him down at night.
— According to official data, the missile of the Iskander complex has a range of up to 500 km. I emphasize: official.
— Yes, in this case, we would have the opportunity to hit the Patriot complex in Zhuliany with an Iskander missile. In addition, the Ukrainians report that the Iskanders fired not only ballistic missiles, but also cruise missiles. If so, then their range in the same way can be greater, not limited by the INF Treaty.
— I think no. This is a provocation with the aim of once again drawing the Belarusians into the conflict. Why would Belarusians suddenly start shooting at Kyiv? After all, Lukashenka clearly stated that they would only respond if they were directly attacked. Under no other conditions will they get involved in the conflict. Although, if they got involved, it would be much more convenient to hit Zhuliany with Iskander missiles from the territory of Belarus.
— Of course, we could also work on them. But after the impact of a hypersonic missile, it is unlikely that the locals would see only one black smoke. There, like last time, there would certainly have been a huge powerful explosion. Imagine if a powerful rocket flying at a speed of 10,000 km/h crashes into the ground, turning everything around into atoms? This is a huge explosion. There everything shatters into dust.
— No. But in terms of efficiency, it is not inferior to the «Dagger». Firstly, the Iskander also has a powerful warhead. Secondly, his speed is also high, although not hypersonic. But most importantly, it has a very high accuracy. Even more than the «Dagger».
So, if his missile falls even somewhere near the Patriot, then either it will be completely physically destroyed, or the American complex will receive damage incompatible with combat readiness.