Putin Orders Hypersonic Missile-Armed MiGs Deployed to Counter American Carriers...61,693 views Premiered 16 hours ago

 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on October 18 that he had ordered MiG-31K/I strike fighters armed with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles to carry out regular patrols over neutral airspace in the Black Sea.

• Our MiG-31 planes are armed with Kinzhal missile systems, deployment of two US aircraft carrier strike groups to the Mediterranean Sea was raised as a factor