Expensive pleasure: CIT was evaluated by Russia's readiness to apply "dagger" missiles in Ukraine

According to analysts, "daggers" can be fired by decision -making or targets in NATO countries. The missiles fly 10 times faster than the speed of sound, they are almost impossible to intercept with existing air defense systems. The Russian army is not ready to use hypersonic missiles "dagger" for war in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed in a conversation with Radio HB Analytist Conflict Intelligence Team Cyril Mikhailov.

"Dagger" is an expensive rocket, it exceeds ordinary Russian rockets in value, they are almost impossible to intercept with existing air defense systems, he said. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has used "daggers" several times, the alarm signal was included after the rockets are hit, the specialist stressed.

The extent of destruction is not different from the ordinary Russian rocket, such shells, in his opinion, can be applied to valuable objects - decision -making centers or NATO countries. "It is clear that the Russians have not yet been ready for it," Mikhailov continued. The expert spent the transportation of "daggers" and fighters of MiG-31K to Belarus as an element of force diplomacy-a threat to NATO and Ukraine to count it during the war.

The Norwegian edition of Faktisk published satellite images taken by Planet Labs, which shows 3 Russian Mig-31k aircraft at the Magulic Air Base south of Minsk. Along with one of the aircraft, it is clear that there is a dagger rocket on Earth, the newspaper said. UK intelligence reported 2 MiG-31k fighters that can carry hypersonic missiles "dagger".

Military intelligence of the country believes that in the distance of more than 2 thousand kilometers "daggers" will give Russia an advantage over shelling of objects in Ukraine. The Dagger missiles were officially presented by Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2018. The projectile is able to develop speeds up to 12 350 kilometers per hour, 10 times more than sound speed. "Daggers" can be equipped with ordinary and nuclear warheads.

The former head of Norwegian intelligence Morten Haga Lunde in 2020 warned the threat of these types of missiles. At that time, they were placed on aircraft on a deer aircraft south of Murmansk. "We watched the trials of the ballistic missile" Dagger ". Our calculations show that if this rocket is launched from the aircraft above the Kola Peninsula, the warning time will be approximately 40 minutes from the departure of the aircraft to get the rocket into Norway," Lunde said.