Kinzhal
The Kinzhal (Daggar) hypersonic missile has a range of up to 2000 km and can reach speeds of up to Mach 10. It is also highly maneuverable and is capable of carrying conventional or nuclear warheads. Updated Mig 31 and Su34 high-performance fighters can both deliver the Kinzhal. The advanced supersonic Tu160 can mount several.
Kinzhal and the Kh32 antiship missile specifically designed to attack US carrier groups which became operational in 2018, are equally effective for attacks on land targets, especially NATO bases. As a conventional weapon, the "Dagger" has the advantage of a huge amount of kinetic energy, making it possible to penetrate concrete structures, even underground.
On March 12, 2022, Russian forces combat tested for the first time the Kinzhal against a NATO weapons storage facility at Deliatyn, Ukraine. NATO, which has used the Ukraine conflict to showcase new weapons technology which only served to prolong the conflict and increase the death toll, at the time had no such operational equivalent nor defense against hypersonic missiles.
