Russian Cruise Missiles Thread

Number of rocket launches during the special operation in Ukraine

Amanda Macias, a military reporter for the American television channel CNBC, on her Twitter daily posts the numbers of Russian missile launches during a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine cumulative total, referring to official data from the US Department of Defense. On March 10, these data look like this -
Feb 24 ~160
Feb 25 ~200
Feb 26 ~250
Feb 27 ~320
Feb 28 ~380
Mar 1 ~400
Mar 2 ~450
Mar 3 ~480
Mar 4 ~500
Mar 7 ~625
Mar 8 ~670
Mar 9 ~710
Mar 10 ~775

Apparently, there were no rocket launches on March 5 and 6.


For comparison, the number of launches of sea- and air-launched cruise missiles by the US/UK coalition
in 1991 Desert Storm against Iraq - 297 launches (of which 114 on the first day of the operation)
in December 1998 Operation Desert Fox against Iraq - more than 400 cruise missile launches
in 1999 against Yugoslavia - over 300 launches
in 2011 against Libya - over 400 launches


according to data announced in December 2020, the number of cruise missiles in the Russian Armed Forces increased 37 times over the period 2012-2020. Deliveries are expected in 2021-2025. under newly concluded contracts, this number will double. the main types of missiles and heavy UAVs used in the course of the NMD in Ukraine.






https://altyn73.livejournal.com/1474811.html

That last infographic is propaganda.
Russia don't have and didn't launched any Tochka-U. Nazis did.

And it is not a long range strike system.

dino00 wrote:That last infographic is propaganda.
Russia don't have and didn't launched any Tochka-U. Nazis did.

It was spotted in Belorussia few days ago. Delivered by russian il-124 or il-76 I don't remember.

However no proof it was still used.

dino00 wrote:
Russia don't have and didn't launched any Tochka-U.

Missile system 9K79 "Tochka-U" again in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces



https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4505101.html

This convoy was filmed in Belarus, likely a mix of russian and belarussian vehicles.

12:47, 19.04.2022; RIA Novosti

"Kalibr" and "Kiznhal" are now guided ten times faster, said Shoigu
Defense Minister Shoigu: "Kalibr" and "Kinzhal" are now guided ten times faster





MOSCOW, April 19 - RIA Novosti. Due to the new communication systems, the time to bring target designation to the Kalibr and Kinzhal missiles has been reduced dozens of times, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said at the board of the military department.
According to him, the development of the communication system of the RF Armed Forces "is moving along the path of using advanced telecommunication technologies, including the introduction of elements of artificial intelligence."
"Their use has already made it possible to reduce the time of bringing target designation to systems of high-precision long-range weapons, such as Kalibr and Kinzhal, by dozens of times," the army general said.
He added that the signal troops are successfully fulfilling tasks in the course of operations outside of Russia, new methods of organizing communications have been tested to ensure stable command and control of troops in difficult geographical and interference conditions.

https://ria.ru/20220419/vooruzheniya-1784277117.html

Yuri Borisov: Russia has a sufficient supply of high-precision missiles

Moscow. 9th May. INTERFAX-Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who oversees the military-industrial complex, said in an interview with Interfax on Victory Day that he is working to increase the range of Kalibr missiles, sufficient stocks of high-precision missiles in Russia and modernize Bastions .

- Yuri Ivanovich, the Russian military is actively using high-precision weapons during the operation in Ukraine - air-and sea-based cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles of the Kinzhal complex. How do you assess their actual combat performance? How do you see the development of such weapons systems?

- Russia in the course of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine widely uses the most modern means of destruction, including air-to-ground guided missiles, long-range air-and sea-based cruise missiles and hypersonic missiles of the Kinzhal aviation complex. The Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system is actively used.

All types of Russian high-precision weapons have confirmed their combat characteristics, which made it possible to hit military infrastructure facilities throughout Ukraine with high accuracy, and thereby minimize civilian casualties.

Currently, active work is underway on the further development of this type of weapon. The main focus is on increasing the efficiency, range and accuracy of its use, as well as the creation of new hypersonic weapons.

For the first time used in real combat conditions, the Kinzhal aviation missile system with a hypersonic aeroballistic missile showed high efficiency in destroying well-protected and covered by modern air defense and missile defense systems located deep in enemy territory. The high accuracy of this weapon and its inability to detect it with the help of air defense was confirmed.


"Do you agree with the words of the American president that the Dagger has the same warhead as any other missile, but it cannot be stopped?"

- There is nothing like the "Dagger" in any state in the world. A missile flying at a speed exceeding the speed of sound by more than 10 times, and at the same time maneuvering along the entire trajectory of its flight, is really impossible to intercept by air defense and missile defense systems.

Its high combat characteristics make it guaranteed to hit both ground targets, including protected ones, and moving sea targets. At the same time, we continue to actively work on improving the characteristics of the Dagger complex.


- "Kalibry "was actively used in the midst of the Syrian campaign. Did they undergo some kind of modernization based on its results?

- Almost all the complexes in service with the Russian Armed Forces are being improved and modernized, taking into account the experience of their combat use, including during the Syrian campaign.

We have seriously upgraded the information support system for the use of Kalibr, which significantly reduced the time required to prepare them for combat use. Currently, work is underway to increase the range of Kalibr's use, as well as to expand the possibilities of interaction with various target management tools, including drones.


- How do you assess the results of the modernization of the Bastion complexes, which can now hit ground targets with Onyx missiles?

- The feedback from the Navy Command is the most positive. Initially, the Bastion coastal missile system was designed to hit sea targets with the Onyx anti-ship missile. The modernization made it possible to use Onyx missiles for strikes on important stationary enemy targets on land. The effectiveness of guaranteed destruction of diverse targets was confirmed during a special military operation. We can talk about the versatility of the Bastion complex.


- When will the Su-57 aircraft complexes and the Tu-22M3M long-range missile carriers be armed with hypersonic weapons?"

- Work is underway to create a new generation of hypersonic land-based, air-based and sea-based missiles. According to their characteristics, they will exceed the existing and promising developments of leading countries. These missiles are planned to equip modernized and promising aviation complexes, and tests are already underway on Tu-22M3M missile carriers.


- How do you feel about the statements that Russia is running out of stocks of high-precision missiles? The capacity of enterprises will allow increasing the production of such weapons systems?

- If you believe everything that is said on the other side, Russia's missiles should have ended in March. But for some reason they didn't end.

The military-industrial complex supplies our army with all the necessary range of missiles in the required volumes. Stocks of modern high-precision missiles and ammunition will be enough to fulfill all the tasks assigned to the Russian Armed Forces.

https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=2&nid=574289&lang=RU

Very surprised to know that the Dagger
1.has the speed over M10;
2.can maneuver along the entire trajectory of its flight;
3.can hit moving sea targets.

thought it is a some stop-gap or experimental weapon...

Adding a cassette type (sub-munition dispenser) warhead to Kaliber would be great, against airfields, bridges...

Hey, have Western sources stopped counting the number of missile strikes carried out by Russia in Ukraine? Did the real data have such a demoralizing effect? After all, Russia's missile weapons "should have run out" a couple of months ago. Does this mean that Western intelligence services have screwed up with the assessment of Russia's military missile potential several times?

Seems so.
Yes.

Yes.

In this AO it's considered impolite to count ergo we don't count then nor do we even hint as to where they are launched from. All I'll say is 'it's a bunch daily', so much so that our newest blue girl, Kristl.Yannah, doesn't even twitch in her sleep from the occasional racket.

I think this is the X-MD-E or KH-MD

Edit: screwed up the name

X-69 missile is X-K59MKM??

https://tass.com/defense/1511607

The box-shaped version, yes.

George1 wrote:X-69 missile is X-K59MKM??

https://tass.com/defense/1511607

So is the Kh-69 Russia's answer to the stealthy Storm Shadow and Taurus? If so, then I hope Russia at least increases its range to be on par with the latter two. The article states that Kh-69 has max range of 290 km white Storm and Taurus has at least 500+ km and has a slightly heavier payload

A bit more

Tony
@Cyberspec1
The Russian Ministry of Defense has officially announced the introduction of new Kh-BD cruise missiles into the armament of the Tu-160 strategic supersonic bombers.

According to the data provided, the flight range of the new missiles is more than 6500 km, which makes them one of the longest-range in their class.

This upgrade to bomber armament significantly enhances the potential of the Russian strategic aviation component, allowing it to effectively respond to various military threats, even while located at a considerable distance from a potential enemy.

which makes them one of the longest-range in their class.

Sure. Which one is in the same range class? 

There were plans for a new cruise missile a few years ago which should make better use of the big weapons bays of the Tu-160.
The estimated range was between 8.000 and 10.000km.

More than 6.500km.