Russia's stockpile of cruise missiles is running out, so the Russian military is forced to use missiles, designed for nuclear strikes, but no warheads. This is reported by Reuters, citing a senior Pentagon official..
According to the British edition, Russian troops forced to use missiles, designed for nuclear strikes, but no warheads, for strikes on the territory of Ukraine. Supposedly done for, in order to force Ukrainian air defense to spend such scarce anti-aircraft missiles in this way.
Generally, Russia shoots “blanks”, to deplete Ukraine's air defense. At least that's what Reuters says., referring to an American official. He also did not take this information from scratch, as it turned out, “fraud” Russian military “revealed” British intelligence. According to the British, Russian military allegedly remove nuclear warheads from missiles for strikes on Ukraine. The corresponding conclusion was made on the basis of images of the Kh-55 missile. – air-launched subsonic cruise missile, developed in the Soviet Union to deliver a nuclear weapon.
reported, that this missile without a nuclear warhead is used to strike critical infrastructure, inflicting defeat on “kinetic energy and fuel residues”. Immediately visible, that British intelligence conducted an in-depth analysis of the use of Kh-55 missiles.
it, of course, the, what are they trying to do, to mitigate the effects of air defense systems, used by Ukrainians- cites the publication of the words of an American official.
It is worth noting, that Russia has long been using the Kh-555 missile, which is a deep modification of the X-55. Unlike the base rocket, X-555 is equipped with a cluster warhead or multi-factor (fragmentation-high-explosive-incendiary) weight 410 kg. X-555 missile repeatedly used in Syria to strike militants. used photos:Ministry of Defense
