The Kinzhal, Russia’s air-launched hypersonic missile, is one of the most modern weapons on the planet, a type of weapon that even America hasn’t perfected for combat yet.
According to Russian officials, the high-tech Kinzhal is quite long-ranged, as it can hit a target up to 2,000km (1,240 miles) away, and is well, hypersonic: it can supposedly fly faster than 6,000 km/h.
Well, the Russians just tore the wrapper off of the shiny new weapon and tested it out in combat, using one in the Ukraine to destroy a weapons depot near the Ukrainian-Polish border.
Jack Posobiec, reporting on the incident, shared this (alleged) video of the Kinzhal streaking across the sky.
Video making the rounds this am, reports that it is first combat use of Russian hypersonic missile - Kinzhal on a weapons depot near the Polish border pic.twitter.com/pVxqEWlT5J
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 19, 2022
Additionally, the Russian Ministry of Defense shared this video on Twitter, which allegedly shows the hypersonic missile crashing into its target:
▫️Destruction of a weapons depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by high-precision missile weapons strike. We can see the exact hit of an underground hangar with weapons and ammunition. pic.twitter.com/sKTF46Tdb0
— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) March 19, 2022