"Kinzhal" hypersonic aviation-missile complex

Su-34 is now officially carrying Kinzhal, already used in combat

https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/18647287?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop

Years ago I said that they should tweak Su-34 to carry Kinzhal and give them to Coastal Aviation in order to cheaply keep enemy ships away and everyone here kept going on how it's a lame idea and how only MiG-31 can do it

As always I ended up being right

Yeah, I've no doubt that Su-34 can carry Kinzhal if the necessary modifications are made, but as the Su-34 lacks the operating ceiling and max speed of the MiG-31K the missiles will have a reduced range. Basic physics, nothing contraversial as far I can see.

Or the missile got a booster to reduce the losses in performance.

Naaah, to complicated.
What's the difference, if it flies 2000 or 1700 km, a whole 404 is in range anyway

I know not many, if any now use the Mig-25, but Algeria just very recently retired theirs. Russian doesn't seem to be wanting to sell Mig-31, I would have thought it wouldnt have been hard to convert those Mig-25 to carry Kinzhal, the Mig-25 is still capable aircraft and for that role would still give it a use. And the upgrade I would imagine wouldn't cost much. This would give Algeria an additional punch in it's arsenal. Syria also fielded the Mig-25. Although fielding a squadron of Mig-25 carrying Kinzhal near the Med, and close to Israel probably wouldn't go down too well with Turkey, Israel and USA or maybe Russia could take out of storage some Mig-25 convert them to carry it and gift to Iran to threaten the Hormuz strait

The US has pointed out the danger of Russian hypersonic missiles, 09.18.2024.

Russian hypersonic missiles can destroy ships and any other US military targets, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said in an interview with YouTube channel Daniel Davis / Deep Dive on September 17.

The expert pointed out that any armed conflicts against Russia could end in failure, since the country has hypersonic missiles in two or three variants.

"These missiles fly at least 10 times faster than the speed of sound and can maneuver using communications links. <…> The Russians have solved one of the problems that we have not. The United States does not have an operational hypersonic missile," Johnson said.

Before this, military observer Andrei Revnivtsev stated that despite the fact that NATO surpasses Russia in conventional weapons and personnel, the Russian Federation is a confident leader in the field of nuclear and hypersonic weapons, writes Gazeta.Ru.

Earlier, on August 13, the editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko told Izvestia that the Russian MiG-31 interceptor has characteristics that have remained unsurpassed by Western military production for many years.

Before that, on August 11, the American magazine National Interest published an article stating that this type of equipment not only retained its initially high characteristics, but also underwent modernization , increasing its flight range and combat effectiveness. It was noted that the MiG-31K is used as a carrier of the new generation hypersonic missiles "Dagger".

https://iz.ru/1761277/2024-09-18/v-ssha-ukazali-na-opasnost-rossiiskikh-giperzvukovykh-raket