The Armed Forces of Ukraine are capable of shooting down Kalibr sea-launched missiles, Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 air-launched cruise missiles, R-500 land-based missiles from the Iskander-K complex, as well as Kh-59 guided missiles and anti-ship missiles Kh-35
This was announced on March 16 by the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat on the air of the telethon.
According to him, the defenders of Ukraine are not yet able to shoot down the following types of missiles:
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9M723 – Iskander-M ballistic missile;
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9M79M – operational-tactical missile “Tochka-U”;
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MLRS rockets;
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X-22 – long-range supersonic cruise anti-ship missile;
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R-800 – coastal-based cruise missile “Onyx”;
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X-47 – hypersonic aeroballistic missile “Dagger”;
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Kh-31P – aviation anti-radar missile in various modifications.
Source: Racurs
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