Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday it attacked a Ukrainian logistics center with foreign weapons sent by the United States and other European countries. In a statement, the government said it used Onyx missiles from the Black Sea coast to hit the target.
This weapon began to be developed by Russia in 2002 – that is, it turned 20 years old. It is a supersonic anti-ship missile capable of carrying a warhead of 200 to 250 kilograms, according to scientists in the field.
They are fired vertically from launchers, which can be on submarines, surface ships, and land platforms.
According to the images released by the Russian government, the missiles were launched from a land platform on the Black Sea coast.
Image: Russian Ministry of Defense
Although originally an anti-ship missile, Onyx can also be used to attack other targets such as surface ships, convoys and ground targets.
The missile can hit objects at a distance of 120 to 300 kilometers and can fly at an altitude of 14,000 meters until it descends to reach the target.
After the attack, Russia announced that 69 fortresses belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, areas where manpower and military equipment were concentrated were hit.
Since the beginning of the special military operations, 145 aircraft, 112 helicopters, 672 unmanned aerial vehicles, 281 air defense systems, 2,703 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 312 multi-purpose rocket launchers, 1,203 field artillery and mortars, and 2,514 Russian government, special military vehicle units have been destroyed claims to have.
Image: Statement via Russian Ministry of Defense/Reuters
Russian supersonic missiles
The Russian Army announced in late April that it had successfully conducted the first test of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.
It is a long-range, fifth-generation weapon capable of crossing entire continents and capable of hitting a target almost anywhere in the world, unstoppable by any available anti-missile shield.
Also known as the Devil 2, this missile is part of a trio of other hypersonic missiles touted as “invincible” by Putin in 2018. Also, Russia owns Avangard and Kinjal, which was first used in March, according to Moscow. .Destroying an underground arsenal in Ukraine.
This type of air-to-ground device exceeds the speed of sound when performing vertical and horizontal maneuvers.
The Avangard, for example, was equipped with a gliding warhead capable of penetrating the United States’ anti-missile shield. It can withstand temperatures up to 2,000ºC and has a nuclear power of up to 2 megatons – the Hiroshima bomb was 100 times weaker, it had about 15 kilotons.
In one test, the gun accelerated to 32,202 km/h, which is 26 times the speed of sound.
Coming to replace the Satan 1 from the 1970s, the new missile weighs more than 200 tons and can carry 10 to 15 nuclear warheads.
It is also super powerful as it has an autonomous navigation system that allows a flight of 18,000 kilometers. The range of its predecessor Voevoda was 11,000 km.
To give an idea, the distance from the North Pole to the South Pole is about 20 thousand kilometers.
source: Noticias
