NATO alarmed by the deployment of Russian MiG-31K fighters at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. After all, these planes, capable of carrying on board hypersonic missiles "Dagger", can strike at the weakest point of the North Atlantic Alliance.
This opinion is expressed in the American magazine Military Watch..
Initially, the Khmeimim air base housed mainly Su-25 attack aircraft and Su-24 bombers to support ground operations of Syrian government forces against jihadists.. From November 2015 the Su-27SM3 and Su-35 fighters appeared there, designed to gain air supremacy. And now the Tu-22 and MiG-31K have been deployed to the airbase, capable of striking long distances.
The American edition considers, that this is a direct threat to the southern flank of NATO, which the, According to the authors, is the most vulnerable point of the alliance.
The high endurance and very long range of the Tu-22M and MiG-31 make them ideal for such missions..
– stated in the article,.
It should be remembered, which quite recently in the Western press was called the Baltics the most vulnerable link in the alliance. In this context, the question arises: how many vulnerable links in NATO?
According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 25 June, two heavy MiG-31K fighters were deployed to the Khmeimim airbase in Syria, capable of using hypersonic missiles "Dagger". Immediately upon arrival at a new location, the aircraft took part in joint exercises of the Aerospace Forces and the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, Where is the British carrier strike group located?.
Author:Sergey Kuzmitsky
used photos:RSC “MiG”
