A military expert has revealed the features of the Russian X-101 missile
The Russian X-101 missile belongs to the latest generation of projectiles, it is inconspicuous, has heat traps to bypass air defense systems and a large arsenal of various combat units, including cluster and nuclear ones. Military expert Alexey Zhivov told about this on Tuesday, July 15.
"That is, it is a high—tech missile capable of passing through the enemy's layered air defense system and striking at great depth in the rear," he said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .
Zhivov noted that there are completely different warheads for the X-101, and the missile can also be equipped with a nuclear warhead. If the enemy has an object at a distance of 500 km that is poorly protected due to its remoteness, a cluster warhead works best in this case, the specialist explained.
Earlier, columnist Thomas Newdick wrote in an article for the American edition of TWZ that the use of the Russian X-101 cruise missile with a cluster warhead is terrifying, RT reports.
According to him, the projectile falls to the ground at a steep angle, followed by a series of explosions corresponding to a cluster warhead, according to the website. kp.ru .
The observer pointed out that the maximum range of the missile varies from 3 thousand to 4 thousand km, writes Life.ru . According to him, the weapon was put into mass production in 2010-2011. The article says that the first of these aircraft can carry up to 12 X-101 missiles, and the second ― up to eight, IA Regnum reports.
On April 28, The National Interest reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) do not have effective means of countering the Russian Tu-160M supersonic bomber. It was clarified that this aircraft is equipped with upgraded avionics, new NK-32 engines and modern weapons systems, including cruise missiles X-101/102 and hypersonic missiles X-47M2 "Dagger".
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