MOSCOW, 5 Sept. Chinese military experts highly appreciate Russia's Kinzhal hypersonic missile system and its success in the special operation zone, writes Sohu newspaper. extremely high speed,» the article says.
According to the author of the material, in the special operation zone, these missiles have demonstrated power that no one has ever encountered before and pose a serious threat to Ukraine.
«Existing air defense systems simply cannot intercept Kinzhals. This is indeed <…> an achievement of world-class military art,» he concluded.
In May, Russian troops hit a Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in Kyiv with Kinzhals. American air defenses were unable to intercept them. As Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov noted, only domestic air defense systems are capable of destroying missiles of this type.
In mid-August, Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov said that the state corporation had increased production of all types of military products, which are massively used in the zone special operations. We are talking about cannon and rocket artillery, armored vehicles, transport helicopters and combat aircraft, heavy flamethrower systems, small arms, all types of ammunition, BPM-3, BTR-MDM, T-90M Proryv tanks, Iskander missile systems, hypersonic «Dagger» missile systems, Ka-52, Mi-28 helicopters, Su-57 and Su-35 aircraft, as well as Lancet drones.