"Zircon" is a challenge for Ukrainian air defense: why these rockets are so difficult to knock down (video)

Patriot and SAMP/T, which are not enough in Ukraine to close the sky to close the sky above the cities. If the Russians still increase the speed of rockets, then it will be impossible to fight against them, notes journalist Alexander Matvienko. Currently, Zircon rocket, which the invaders have fired at Kiev, is the most dangerous in the entire arsenal of the Russian Army.

It is indeed a hypersonic rocket that can maintain a speed of more than 5 strokes (over 6,000 km/h), so it is extremely difficult to knock down, although, oddly enough, Patriot and SAMP/T are able to do so. Such information was shared in an interview with Alexander Matvienko, a journalist of military department Focus.

He cited an example, according to which the same "dagger" accelerates to a speed of 2-3 thousand km/h and then with the help of the speed of the Mig-31K fighter, which launches the rocket. And "Zircon" can maintain a speed of 5 strokes all the time of flight to the target, which was made possible by the use of a hypersonic direct -flow engine.

"This is a really great threat, because the rocket flies at an altitude of several tens of kilometers and then at the terminal area of ​​flight begins to decrease even more speed," Matvienko emphasizes. "At the end, the speed of the rocket can be more than 7 streams. " Patriot and SAMP/T, which are not enough in Ukraine to close the sky to close the sky above cities. However, the declared RF speeds of 9-10 strokes are not fixed.

Because this requires an anti -aircraft missile that will be able to reach a higher speed. How much Zircon missiles are accurate, there is no information yet. There is a need to study the head of the guidance itself and its ability to study new debris. We will remind, on March 26, the spokeswoman of OK "South" Natalia Humeniuk warned that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can continue "from time to time" attack Kiev "Circon" rockets.