Ukraine launches test launches of air-to-surface missiles with MiG-29MU2
47
The Ukrainian military began the next stage of test firing from the MiG-29MU2 aircraft using the Kh-29T guided missile system. They are part of the flight design tests of a modernized aircraft.
Here is what the ArmyInform news agency, owned by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, wrote about the modernization of the MiG-29MU2 multipurpose aircraft:
The flight design tests of the upgraded MiG-29 aircraft, in particular, with the combat use of guided missiles of the air-to-surface type, continue.
The new fighter is testing the State Research Institute for Testing and Certification of Arms and Military Equipment.
Aviation X-29 missile belongs to the class of air-to-ground ("air-to-surface") missiles of short range. It is intended for the destruction of military equipment, defense structures (strong points, headquarters, control and observation posts, etc.), infrastructure (bridges, concrete runways), as well as ships and vessels with a displacement of up to 10 thousand tons. It was developed in the USSR in the 70s, and in 1980 it was adopted by the Soviet Army.
Our news channels
Subscribe and stay up to date with the latest news and the most important events of the day.
Dear reader, to leave comments on the publication, you must sign in.
"Right Sector" (banned in Russia), "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA) (banned in Russia), ISIS (banned in Russia), "Jabhat Fatah al-Sham" formerly "Jabhat al-Nusra" (banned in Russia) , Taliban (banned in Russia), Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia), Anti-Corruption Foundation (banned in Russia), Navalny Headquarters (banned in Russia), Facebook (banned in Russia), Instagram (banned in Russia), Meta (banned in Russia), Misanthropic Division (banned in Russia), Azov (banned in Russia), Muslim Brotherhood (banned in Russia), Aum Shinrikyo (banned in Russia), AUE (banned in Russia), UNA-UNSO (banned in Russia), Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People (banned in Russia), Legion “Freedom of Russia” (armed formation, recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned)
“Non-profit organizations, unregistered public associations or individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent,” as well as media outlets performing the functions of a foreign agent: “Medusa”; "Voice of America"; "Realities"; "Present time"; "Radio Freedom"; Ponomarev; Savitskaya; Markelov; Kamalyagin; Apakhonchich; Makarevich; Dud; Gordon; Zhdanov; Medvedev; Fedorov; "Owl"; "Alliance of Doctors"; "RKK" "Levada Center"; "Memorial"; "Voice"; "Person and law"; "Rain"; "Mediazone"; "Deutsche Welle"; QMS "Caucasian Knot"; "Insider"; "New Newspaper"
Information