Lord Bebo@MyLordBebo
Ukraine has just reported that during the morning, in fact small, raid on Ukraine, we used an RS-26 missile for the first time from the Kapustin Yar test site.
It allegedly struck one of the Dnepropetrovsk industrial enterprises.
Considering that the AFU with western help is perfectly tracking the trajectories of Russian missiles, we can take this information seriously.
What is remarkable about this missile?
The fact is that it was originally developed as a light ICBM, capable of striking at a distance of more than 5,500 km (so as not to violate the INF Treaty). Its development was completed back in the 2010s, but it was never put into production (preference was given to the Avangard complex).
Meanwhile, the RS-26 has those unique characteristics that can allow Russia to qualitatively increase the fire pressure on the AFU’s rear. The fact is that it can fly shorter distances.
And its almost one and a half ton warhead is three times larger than the warhead of the Iskander. Accordingly, it is more powerful and no foreign air defense system is capable of intercepting it.
And in a non-nuclear version, it is capable of sucking the blood of the Ukraine’s military-industrial complex.
In addition, the energy of the missile is such that it can be used at a distance of up to 2000-2500 km with a more powerful warhead (4-5 tons). If it is made like that (in a non-nuclear version), then it will be a super-powerful weapon and in the case of wars a la SMO very destructive (albeit expensive).