The combat part weighs 250 kg: what is known about the X-38 rocket, which the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the Konstantinovka

Defense Express analysts noted that X-38 has perfect guidance systems and allows struck high accuracy at relatively close distances. On Friday, August 9, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked the city of Konstantinovka in Donetsk region. According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the occupiers used the X-38 rocket. The main characteristics were written by the Defense Express portal.

The X-38 Earth's Surface Aviation missile was adopted in Russia in 2012, but is a low-distributed ammunition. It is known for its high accuracy thanks to modern guidance systems. The X-38ml rocket, which is one of the versions of this ammunition, began to mention more actively the Russian troops in May this year. It uses laser guidance, which provides for mandatory target illumination.

This method of guidance is often done with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles, which indicates the "squeeze" of the attack. The carriers of these missiles are SU-35, SU-57 and probably helicopters KA-52. The total weight X-38 is 520 kg. Of these, 250 kg is the combat part of the rocket, which is often fragile and fugitive, increases its destructive potential. Flight range - up to 40 km, and speed reaches 2. 2 mac.

This allows strokes with high accuracy at relatively close distances, which was probably applied during the attack on Konstantinovka, taking into account the proximity to the front line (12-15 km). We will remind, the chief of Donetsk ova Vadim Filashkin stated that during a blow to the supermarket in Konstantinovka there were about half a hundred people. According to the latest data, the death toll has increased to 12. It is also known about 44 wounded people.