Hypersonic Missile Reached Ukrainian Target 1000 Kms Away In 10 Minutes

Russian hypersonic missile ‘Kinzhal’ took a mere 10 minutes from its launch 1000 kms away to reach and destroy a Ukrainian underground storage facility for air-launched weapons and Tochka-U surface-to-surface missiles.

The storage facilities were located in the village of Delyatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Russian MoD Spokesperson, Igor Konashenkov said.

Briefing journalists regarding the first ever use of the hypersonic missile in battle on March 18, Konashenkov said, "I want to draw attention to the fact that the use of the hypersonic aeroballistic missile, Kinzhal was carried out from a range of more than 1,000 kilometers. The flight time of the hypersonic missile was less than 10 minutes."

In recent days, the Ukrainian armed forces have used the Tochka-U surface-to-surface missiles to strike at Russian tanks and armored columns with deadly effect.

According to Konashenko, the warhead of the Kinzhal missile destroyed a protected underground arsenal built specifically to store special ammunition and missiles, due to hypersonic speed and ultra-high kinetic energy of the missile.

Referring to another Kinzal attack, he said "The destruction of a large fuel depot in the village of Konstantinovka by the Kinzhal hypersonic missile was due to its invisibility and invulnerability to any means of air and missile defense of the enemy."