Missile blow to the Dnieper: Ukraine in the 90's transferred the Russian Federation X-22 for payment of gas debt-the Armed Forces (video)
It's about hundreds of rockets. The X-22 missiles were also in service. We gave the Russians debts for gas: T-22 m-3 aircraft, including rockets. They were also disposed of or [sent] to scrap - some were given, some were cut . . . Actually, the fate of these missiles is such that they returned to Ukraine . . . It also became a meme in Russian publications: "We return you. " This is all you need to know about the bloodthration of the Russians, their "brotherly" relationships, etc. " - said Ignatius.
These missiles are used since the beginning of a large -scale war. More than 210 missiles of this type have been launched in our country, Ignatius explained. " No rocket has been destroyed, perhaps they were falling alone without flying, "the speaker said. Such weapons are morally outdated, the functional state of the missiles depends on storage conditions.
There were cases when some of these missiles fell on the fields, and possibly possibly so they have fallen into the statistics of whipped missiles. These missiles can be western air defense samples capable of destroying missiles flying in the ballistic trajectory. Today, the X-22 missile is removed from weapons, but it remains the main weapon The beginning of zero these missiles remained in Ukraine.
In the period 1999-2001, Ukraine transferred eight strategic bombers Tu-160, three TU-95MS, as well as about 600 winged missiles due to gas debt. Snour "Budapest Memorandum", which envisaged the protection of Ukraine's sovereignty from the United Kingdom, the USA and the Russian Federation, officially handed over to Moscow 176 intercontinental ballistic missiles and 4,200 tactical nuclear missiles.
In addition, 42 strategic bombers of Tu-95 and Tu-160 were disposed of or transferred by the Russian Federation. By April 2006, 59 TU-22M bombers (or "Beckfiers" were eliminated by NATO classification), as well as 423 X-22 missiles were disposed of. The climate, under the pressure of Western countries, had to dispose of 60 TU-22M and 7 TU-142 bombers, and American instructors observed the process of destruction of aviation.
In addition, Kyiv also had to destroy 487 cruise missiles X-55 and transfer the Russian Federation to 581 at the expense of gas debt. Recall that Patriot air defense systems could prevent tragedies in the Dnieper. Patriot can intercept a number of air goals and destroy them before falling to the ground. However, according to Lieutenant Colonel Darin Gaub, a former commander of a helicopter regiment, the preparation of US soldiers for Patriots takes about a year.