Jamming With Music, Ukraine Is Throwing Russia's Hypersonic Missiles Miles Off Target
Lima EW jammers are spoofing Kinzhals away from Ukraine's Su-24 bomber base
Streaking at Mach 5.7 as high as 15.5 miles in the air, Russia’s 4.7-ton Kinzhal missile—launched by a modified Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor—can deliver a 1,000-pound warhead over a distance of 300 miles.
The Kinzhal is one of Russia’s most fearsome deep-strike munitions. More and more, however, it’s missing its targets by a wide margin.
Satellite imagery that circulated online on Dec. 6 depicts the crater reportedly left behind by a Kinzhal that missed its apparent aim point: the revetments and hardened shelters housing Ukrainian air force Sukhoi Su-24 bombers at Starokostyantyniv air base in western Ukraine.
The crater is around 3,000 feet from the nearest revetment or shelter.
This is not the first Kinzhal to miss Starokostyantyniv’s Su-24s. On or just before Nov. 10, at least one Russian air force MiG-31 launched a Kinzhal hypersonic missile in the direction of Starokostyantyniv.
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