Close-up of Russia attacking Ukrainian military facilities with 8 Kalibr . missiles

03/24/2022 09:36 GMT+7

The Kalibr cruise missile is developed and manufactured by the Novator design office in Yekaterinburg. According to sources, the maximum range of the 3M-14 subsonic missile launched by this system is about 2,000 km. A special Kalibr-NK missile configuration was created for surface ships.

Kalibr missiles have been used in the Russian campaign in Syria 13 times. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, at least 99 missiles were fired at terrorist targets. Currently, almost all of Russia’s new-generation warships and submarines are designed to carry Kalibr missiles.

In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense also released footage of the launch of three missiles from the Bastion coastal mobile defense system, designed to destroy amphibious ships, carrier strike groups and aircraft carriers, as well as aircraft carriers. as ground targets.

The Bastion mobile coastal missile system is equipped with Onyx supersonic self-propelled anti-ship missiles. The Onyx is a supersonic missile, and reaches a speed of Mach 2.6. This missile series has a very high mobility, with a very complex flight path, with a range of 300 km. The rocket reaches an altitude of up to 15,000 m and then dives and flies at an altitude of 10-15 m above sea level.

The Bastion missile system can hit enemy ships at a distance of 300 km. In addition, with the help of the Monolith-B radar station, Bastion can detect targets at very long distances.

On the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry also released a surveillance video and the destruction of the launcher of the S-300 air defense missile system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Ukrainian S-300 complex in an urban industrial area on the northern outskirts of Kiev was detected using an unmanned aerial vehicle.

“Then a precision strike was carried out with a high-precision missile. The air defense complex of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed,” the statement said.

At the same time, it is reported that the Russian Armed Forces attacked 97 Ukrainian military infrastructure in one day, including 2 launchers and 1 transport of the Tochka tactical ballistic missile system. – U.

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