The Russo-Ukrainian war was a testing ground for many weapons, including the promising Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal Dagger (Dagger) high-speed, air-launched ballistic missile.
So let's see the interesting opinion of Chinese military experts on this weapon. Whose words are included in a recent article on the defense website The EurAsian Times.
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According to the article, some Chinese analysts call the Dagger, a weapon described as an "invisible killer" by Moscow, a system with outdated Cold War technology whose performance does not make it a "wonder weapon".
According to reports, the Russian Kinzhal missile, which is launched from Russian MiG-31 interceptor aircraft, can reach a speed of more than 10 Mach at a range of 1,500 to 2,000 km as long as it carries a conventional or nuclear warhead.
While the United States is still working on developing its own supersonic missiles, China has already developed and deployed ground, air and naval versions of supersonic missiles.
The Russian Kinzhal missile is believed to travel so fast that the air pressure at the front of the weapon creates a "cloud" of plasma, which absorbs all radio waves, making it particularly difficult for radar systems to detect.
Russia also stresses that a key feature of this missile is its ability to manoeuvre while flying towards its target. According to Moscow, this is the one capability that no other supersonic missile currently demonstrates.
The Chinese point out that apart from the performance of the Kinzhal, the Russians also face a significant problem with the quantity of the weapon in question. The fact that it is being used less and less frequently in the Russo-Ukrainian war indicates that there is a limited available stock of Kinzhal units in the Russian air force, they explained.
"These weapons are not wonder weapons and therefore cannot change the course of a war. It is also difficult for a Su-34 to launch enough Kinzhal missiles to achieve significant things on a large scale," the experts added.
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By their own admission the weapon has several issues, and we're also dealing with outdated 1980s cold war technology that is not of a super-super-sonic nature. Also, because of its design features, the Kinzhal cannot perform at very long ranges, and its ability to maneuver is also questioned.
Thus, experts from China have concluded that the "invincible" Kinzhal missile can eventually be intercepted by advanced air defence missile systems currently in service, such as the US Patriot systems.
