At
the international defence forum Army-2021, a state contract for the production
and delivery of Kinzhal missiles was signed, according to the Russian Defence
Ministry, which spoke to reporters.
Hypersonic
weapons will be the primary component of Russia’s conventional deterrence
forces, according to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who stated this in
February.
Additionally,
according to the Sputnik News Agency, a representative of the Russian Aerospace
Forces told President Vladimir Putin that Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57
fighters might be equipped with the future Kinzhal missiles after 2030.
Earlier,
two MiG-31K aircraft carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were deployed to
Syria for the first time as part of joint military drills, the Russian defence
ministry had stated.
“A
pair of MiG-31K aircraft, which can use the newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles,
flew for the exercise to Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in the Syrian Arab
Republic,” the statement said.
