The Ministry of Defense has been testing hypersonic missile “Dagger” in arctic conditions. According TASS referring to two sources in the defense industry, missile launch took place in mid-November of this year,.
According to the agency, In mid-November a fighter-interceptor MiG-31K made hypersonic missile launch “Dagger” by goals, located at the site Pemba to the north-east of Vorkuta. Ground target was successfully hit by. Other details of the rocket tests are not given.
The tests took place in mid-November. The rocket was carried out on a ground target, located at the site Pemba, with carrier aircraft MiG-31K, taken off from the airfield Olenegorsk
– said first source.
The second source of the agency confirmed the missile tests “Dagger”, stated, what “rocket speed reached 10 Makhov”.
Recall, that the latest Russian aviation complex “Dagger” includes fighter-interceptor MiG-31K, specially designed as a carrier hypersonic missile, OTRK embodiment being air missiles “Iskander-M”.
earlier it was reported, that a squadron of MiG-31K with “daggers” It carries on duty in the Southern Military District, from December 2017 of the year, and from April 2018 , the MiG-31K planes make regular flights over the Black and Caspian Seas.
