{"id":3119,"date":"2018-03-12T22:20:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T22:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2018-03-12T22:21:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T22:21:59","slug":"russia-test-fires-new-kh-47m2-kinzhal-hypersonic-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/03\/12\/russia-test-fires-new-kh-47m2-kinzhal-hypersonic-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIA TEST FIRES NEW KH-47M2 KINZHAL HYPERSONIC MISSILE (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sourced: The Aviationist<\/p>\n

The Russian Aerospace Forces have conducted the first successful test firing of the air-launched Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile according to state sponsored media outlets.<\/p>\n

The missile, supposedly named Kh-47M2 and referred to as the \u201cKinzhal\u201d, was fired from a modified MiG-31BMK (NATO reporting name \u201cFoxhound\u201d) over Southwest Russia. A report published on Facebook by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said the \u201cunique\u201d MiG-31 that fired the missile had been \u201cmodernized\u201d. Rogozin did not specify what modifications or \u201cmodernized\u201d meant.<\/p>\n

In video and still photos portions of the weapon seen in the test launch are obscured by imaging software, presumably for security purposes.<\/p>\n

The official news release from the Russian Aerospace Forces read in part, \u201cMiG-31 jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted a test launch of hypersonic aviation and missile system Kinzhal in a set district. The launch was successful, the hypersonic missile hit the designated target at the field.\u201d<\/p>\n