capable Kinzhal (Kh47) missile. The second aircraft, which is mentioned in the Ukrainian General Staff report, is a Su34 or Su30. If it is a Su34, then this aircraft is also a Kinzhal missile carrier. 2/
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If the operation was successful, the Ukrainians damaged or destroyed two nuclear-capable missile carriers in one strike.
👉Coincidence or not, but on June 1. during the historic Ukrainian operation, another Kinzhal missile carrier suffered the most - strategic bombers Tu22M3. 3/
Video and photo images confirm that the Ukrainians destroyed 14 of them. According to public sources, the Russians had 56 of them, so after June 1. the Russians lost 25 percent of these aircraft. And how many more of them are under repair, used for parts? 4/
Its greatest danger is that the missile with a range of up to 500 km is launched from an aircraft. In this way, the launch time is much faster than the launch of Iskander M from the ground, and the launch location changes by kilometers every second. 6/
So the main way to prevent such a strike is the opponent's fighters. If this means is weaker or does not work - we can only rely on missile defense. For example, this night the Ukrainians managed to shoot down all 4 Kinzhal missiles. 7/
One of the reasons that the attack was from the Tambov region. i.e. this time it was the limit of the Kinzhal flight range (about 500 km.). If the opponent's air defense is weaker, the aircraft flies closer and the effect of the supersonic missile can be much greater. 8/
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👉Coincidence or not, but on June 1. during the historic Ukrainian operation, another Kinzhal missile carrier suffered the most - strategic bombers Tu22M3. 3/
👉Kinzhal is not an invincible missile for Ukrainian air defense (it is essentially the same Iskander M). 5/