Russia deploys hypersonic missiles to Belarus in ‘message to the West’
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ussia has deployed air-launched hypersonic missiles to a base in Belarus for the first time, the Ministry of Defence has claimed.
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the MoD shared a satellite image which it said showed two Russian warplanes, along with a well-protected container believed to be storing missiles
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The image, which was taken on October 18, shows what MoD analysts believe are MiG-31K jets, as well as a possible canister containing Kinzhal hypersonic missiles at Machulishchy Airfield, just outside of Minsk.
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“Russia has occasionally launched these weapons during the Ukraine war, but stocks are likely very limited,” the MoD said
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The MiG-31K was specially developed to carry the missiles, which have a range of more than 1,200 miles
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Stationing the jets in Belarus would do little to increase the number of targets they could hit in Ukraine, the MoD said
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“It has likely carried out the deployment mainly to message to the West and to portray Belarus as increasingly complicit in the war,” it said
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Capable of reaching speeds of up to mach 10 - or 10 times the speed of sound
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the weapon is intended to be much harder to intercept than conventional ballistic missiles. It can carry a 500kg explosive payload, or a tactical nuclear warhead.