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> Russia is now using nuclear-capable missiles with non-explosive warheads to exhaust Ukraine's air defences, the Ukrainian military has said. > Ukrainian mili
by AftHurrahWinch 4y ago
> Russia is now using nuclear-capable missiles with non-explosive warheads to exhaust Ukraine's air defences, the Ukrainian military has said.
> Ukrainian military experts say Russia may have significantly depleted its vast missile arsenal after carrying out wave after wave of massive strikes on Ukraine's critical infrastructure in recent weeks.
> Moscow is now resorting to using blunt projectiles that still cause devastation, they say. A UK intelligence report in November came to similar conclusions.
> The UK said the missiles were designed "exclusively as a nuclear delivery system".
If I'm reading the Wikipedia page correctly, the 'exclusively nuclear' versions of these cruise missiles were made in the 20th century and use Ukrainian engines.
> It is powered by a single 400 kgf Ukrainian-made, Motor Sich JSC R95-300 turbofan engine, with pop-out wings for cruising efficiency.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-55 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-55
- sorokod 4y agoThe engine was made in Ukrainian SSR, a part of USSR at the time.