One of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile (SAM) systems delivered to Ukraine as part of US military support used the 32 missiles in an attempt to shoot down a Russian-made hypersonic Kinzhal missile. Military Watch Magazine talks about it.
The article notes that 32 interceptor missiles with a total cost of about $96 million were fired from the system installed in Kyiv. However, none of them managed to hit the Russian missile, which was steadily heading towards the air defense system.
The complex was eventually hit, which was reported on May 16 by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Meanwhile, the day before, the Pentagon had indicated that the Patriot, in fact destroyed by the Russian missile, had been repaired. How this was done, the US Department did not specify.
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