"Lesson for China": Russian "daggers" disappoint local analysts - media

It is reported that Chinese magazines dedicated to military themes have often mentioned "daggers" in the last year, evaluating their characteristics against the backdrop of American Patriot and War systems as a whole. According to journalists, Beijing expects that the Chinese hypersonic rocket "Dunfen" will become revolutionary and be able to knock down American aircraft carriers.

At the same time, some Chinese analysts believe that the Russian missile mentioned "is unlikely to have a significant impact" on the battlefield. "There is more and more evidence that the words of the United States and Ukraine on this question are true," said Chinese defense analyst Yin Zi in the military journal of Ordnance Industry Science and Technology.

Yin described the "dagger" as the evolution of the Russian Iskander land base, which was quickly completed within the "short -term, hasty project that was forced to be launched. " "This rocket, designed on the basis of the 1980s technical base, may not have any amazing combat characteristics," the analyst said. According to Iny, the maneuverability of "dagger" cannot be compared to the maneuverability of a true hypersonic rocket.

In addition, the ballistic trajectory "Dagola" makes it vulnerable to the air defense systems such as Patriot. Yin also mentioned that the Russian Federation did not have enough "daggers". Sanctions have limited the possibilities of the Russians to rapid production of these missiles, which limits the possibility of their use.

"I think the lesson for China is that they need huge reserves of weapons," said Lille Goldstein, Director of Interaction with Asia in Washington, at Washington Analytical Center. Goldstein also noted that he tracks dozens of Chinese articles that analyze "dagger". According to him, China watches the war in Ukraine "extremely carefully".

We will remind, on January 13 the representative of the Air Force of the Armed Forces Yuri Ignat reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation released six "daggers" in Ukraine, half of which did not reach their goal. According to him, eight winged missiles were shot down in total. In addition, on January 13 in Russia, near the settlement in the Alexander Nevsky district of the Ryazan region, they found an object similar to a fragment of a rocket.