Russia Releases Video of Ballistic Missile Test, Tests Air Defense Missile


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On July 19, the Russian Ministry of Defence released a video of a MiG-31K firing a KH-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM). The interceptor aircraft was flying with “a Tu-22M3 bomber with a new missile,” according to Russian news agency TASS. The Kinzhal is nuclear-capable, and on July 18 TASS reported that Russia plans to test it from the Tu-22M3. On July 20, the Ministry of Defence stated that Russia had also tested a new air defense missile in Kazakhstan. Sources did not provide details about the identity of missile.

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Missile Defense Project, "Russia Releases Video of Ballistic Missile Test, Tests Air Defense Missile," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 20, 2018, last modified July 23, 2018, https://missilethreat.csis.org/russia-releases-video-of-ballistic-missile-test-tests-air-defense-missile/.