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Tre MiG-31I-jagerfly med atomkapable Kinzhal-missiler flyttet til Chkalovsk-luftbasen i Kaliningrad
Den 18. august 2022 blev tre MiG-31I-fly, der medbragte Kinzhal luftaffyrede hypersoniske missiler, flyttet til Chkalovsk-luftbasen i Kaliningrad, meddelte det russiske forsvarsministerium. Ministeriet erklærede, at flyene ville være i døgnbemandet kampberedskab »som en del af yderligere strategiske afskrækkelsesforanstaltninger«. Kinzhal er et missil med dobbelt kapacitet, der kan bære en atomladning. Udsendelsen placerede det inde i Kaliningrad-enklaven, omgivet af NATO-territorium, seks måneder efter starten på Ruslands fuldskalainvasion af Ukraine. Ingen umiddelbar reaktion fra NATO, Polen eller Litauen blev rapporteret i den gennemgåede dækning.
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- 2022-08-18T19:24:40Z
On 18 August 2022, three MiG-31I aircraft carrying Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic missiles were relocated to Chkalovsk air base in Kaliningrad, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced. The ministry stated that the aircraft would be on round-the-clock combat duty “as part of additional strategic deterrence measures”. The Kinzhal is a dual-capable missile that can carry a nuclear warhead. The deployment placed it inside the Kaliningrad exclave, surrounded by NATO territory, six months after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. No immediate NATO, Polish or Lithuanian reaction was reported in the coverage reviewed.