The Russian Aerospace Forces have begun fitting a second warhead to the main Kh-101 missiles, according to British military intelligence (AS-23 KODIAK in NATO classification) Based on intelligence reports, Russian long-range air-to-air missile commanders who are air-launched, sought to modify their systems for three reasons during the conflict: to increase their survivability because Ukrainian air defenses were intercepting too many missiles, to increase their effectiveness, and to gain the ability to use older missiles, as the means to defeat more modern designs had been used at the start of the conflict. According to British intelligence, the new modification of the missiles “probably halved their range”. However, Russia's long-range aviation does not need to use the full range of its missiles to hit targets across Ukraine, the intelligence service points out. He continues that […]
Source: News Beast
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