Military specialist Alexei Leonkov told RIA News that the American Patriot complex is not capable of shooting down the Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile.
The Pentagon reported that the hypersonic missile “Dagger” was shot down by the Patriot air defense system. Military expert Leonkov completely disagrees with such statements and is sure that the conclusions are hasty, and also made on the basis of a lack of results.
According to the expert, the Patriot radar is not able to track the “Dagger”, as there is a speed limit of the intercepted target to Mach 3.
“To everything that flies faster, they cannot give target designation – this is if they shoot down on a head-on course,” Leonkov said.
He also added that if such targets are shot down in pursuit, then an American missile should fly one and a half times faster than a Russian hypersonic missile, and this, as you know, is impossible in principle.
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