Moscow is running out of modern missiles?

01 July 2022, 18:35 | Policy
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Ukraine said the rockets used in Russia's overnight strikes in the Odessa region, which killed 20 people, including one child, were the same type as those fired at the Kremenchuk shopping center on Monday..

The Kyiv Ministry of Defense identified the weapon as the Kh-22 (Kh-22), an old-style cruise missile originally developed in the 1960s..

This rocket was analyzed by BBC correspondent Chris Partridge.. " Fired from Tu-22 bombers, they are medium-range weapons and were not accurate in their original form.. Over the years, the targeting system could well have been improved, but we do not know if this applies to weapons released recently..



Moscow is facing challenges with what it calls its "

" - And the engines that are on some rockets were actually produced in Ukraine, at a plant in the Kharkov region. Part of the problem for Ukraine is that cruise missiles are often launched from Russian territory and the planes are under the protection of a powerful Russian air defense system.. This makes it difficult to defeat missiles, so Ukraine needs to have a more advanced air defense system to counter them.. It's coming soon. US President Joe Biden said yesterday that Western air defense systems would be supplied to Ukraine as part of a new $800 million US aid package..




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