Ukraine reveals new super missile with 'flawless performance'
Ukraine reveals it has developed new super missile which has already demonstrated a ‘flawless performance’ in attacking Russian forces
- The weapon destroyed a Russian state-of-the-art air defence system last week
- Ukraine developed the new ‘absolutely modern’ missile on its own
Ukraine is boasting that it has developed a new super missile which has already given a ‘flawless performance’ in attacking Russian forces.
The weapon took out a Russian S-400 Triumf air defence system last week in a spectacular strike in annexed Crimea.
Initial speculation was that Kyiv had used a British or French supplied Storm Shadow missile with pinpoint accuracy in this deadly strike on Olenivka at Cape Tarkhankut in northwest Crimea.
But it is now clear Ukraine deployed its own sophisticated new cruise missile.
‘The missile was a new one, absolutely modern,’ said Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.
Initial speculation was that Kyiv had used a British or French supplied Storm Shadow missile with pinpoint accuracy
The weapon reportedly took out a Russian S-400 Triumf air defence system last week in a spectacular strike in annexed Crimea
Ukraine may have adapted the low-flying, subsonic Neptune anti-ship missile which famously sank the Moskva flagship of Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea Fleet last year
Ukrainian TV said there is ‘no clarification of whether it is an absolutely new missile or a modified one’
He praised its ‘flawless performance’.
Ukrainian TV said there is ‘no clarification of whether it is an absolutely new missile or a modified one’.
One suspicion is that Ukraine has adapted the low-flying, subsonic Neptune anti-ship missile which famously sank the Moskva flagship of Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea Fleet last year.
The new missile appears designed to hit ground targets.
The hit on the S-400 was highly significant since the state-of-the-art Russian air defence system and associated radar should detect and nullify missiles over some 200 miles.
The Cape Tarkhankut deployment gave Russia control over a swathe of strategic land and water in the western Black Sea.
‘The missile was a new one, absolutely modern,’ said Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine
Ukraine is developing its own missiles as well as relying on Western munitions such as Storm Shadow and US-made HIMARS
There were earlier claims that the Ukrainians were tweaking Neptune with not only GPS but other advances to enable it to strike land targets potentially at a distance of 225 miles.
The S-400 strike by Ukraine last week destroyed air defence missiles in a giant explosion and also took out Russian troops.
‘As a result of the explosion, the installation itself, the missiles and personnel installed on it were completely destroyed,’ said Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko.
In the wake of the strike, some Russian sources suggested the attack was by Storm Shadow.
Yet Ukraine is developing its own missiles as well as relying on Western munitions such as Storm Shadow and US-made HIMARS.
It has also adapted the S-200 air defence missile into an attack option which has been used on annexed Crimea and Russia.
A Ukrainian cruise missile was destroyed today in the air off the coast of Crimea, claimed the Russian Defense Ministry.
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