1 in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking with a message to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, announced a number of new developments in the field of armaments. In addition to the Sarmat intercontinental missile complex, the Avangard hypersonic winged block, and other achievements of the Russian military-industrial complex, the X-47М2 Dagger hypersonic air-based complex was presented.
According to the president, this missile is capable of hitting ground and surface objects at a distance of up to 10 km at a hypersonic speed of about 2000 Mach. Carrier of this weapons should become high-altitude interceptors MiG-31.
After showing the test frames of the Dagger, the public immediately noticed the visual similarity of this missile with the ballistic missile of the Iskander-M operational-tactical complex 9М723, which was also created in the last few years. However, the question of its hypersonic characteristics remains in question.
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