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 [[NATO war in Ukraine|Ukraine conflict]] to showcase new [[weapon]]s [[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. | 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 [[NATO war in Ukraine|Ukraine conflict]] to showcase new [[weapon]]s [[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. |