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The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Russian: Х-47М2 Кинжал, IPA: [kʲɪn'ʐaɫ], lit. ' Dagger '; NATO reporting name : AS-24 Killjoy ) is a Russian hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It has an estimated range of 460–480 km (290–300 mi) [ 6 ] and a reported top speed of Mach 10.
Also, sometimes a combination ("complex") of a missile with its aircraft is marked with a letter "K" (for example, a missile Kh-22 with an aircraft is a "complex K-22"). The Cyrillic "X" (read "Kh") in the designation of Soviet ASMs is in fact a Latin " X " ("ecks") for Xperimental, as used by the design bureau.
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Kinzhal missiles believed to have been used as part of attack which killed at least 23 people and reduced children’s hospital in Kyiv to rubble.
In 2018, Russia unveiled an air-launched ballistic missile called Kh-47M2 Kinzhal with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 mi). It is suspected to be a version of the Iskander missile. Earlier Soviet aero-ballistic missiles have a much shorter range, e.g. Kh-15 only has a range of 300 km (190 mi). In March 2022, the Kinzhal was used for the first time ...
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Israeli media has also speculated that Fattah could be modified for air launch—much as Russia air launches the Kinzhal missile from MiG-31 jets—from the two dozen Su-35S twin-engine fighters ...
Purported remnant of a Kinzhal warhead displayed in Ukraine in May 2023 [4] The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile started test operations in December 2017 and has been deployed since 2018. [5] On 27 December 2019, TASS reported that the first missile regiment armed with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle officially entered combat duty. [6]