MOSCOW, January 13. /tass/.

The Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber successfully used the Dagger complex for the first time in combat conditions during a special military operation. This is stated in an article in the newspaper of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation “Krasnaya Zvezda”.

“The crew of the Su-34 aircraft under the command of Colonel Maxim Stefanov successfully used the Kinzhal hypersonic aviation missile system for the first time in combat conditions during a special military operation,” says the article dedicated to the Honored Test pilot of the Russian Federation, Hero of Russia Colonel Stefanov.

TASS reported on the use of the Dagger from the Su-34 during a special operation in 2023.

About the complex

The Dagger is Russia’s newest hypersonic aeroballistic missile system. Earlier it was reported that Tu-22M3 strategic bombers and Su-34 fighter-bombers should be equipped with Daggers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin described the brief characteristics of the Dagger missile system in his speech to the Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018: the speed is 10 times the speed of sound, the range is more than 2 thousand km. The missile maneuvers in all sections of the trajectory, which allows it to overcome all air and missile defense systems, equipped with conventional and nuclear warheads. in parts. The mass of the warhead is 500 kg. The Dagger missile has low radar visibility and high maneuverability and is designed to destroy land and sea targets.

The supersonic interceptor MiG-31K acts as the rocket carrier. According to experts, each takeoff of a MiG-31K aircraft with Dagger missiles, which was recorded by NATO satellite intelligence, led to an air alert on Ukraine.

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