Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

Designated as the Kh-47M2, Kinzhal was first used on March 18 on a large underground warehouse storing missiles, ammunition, and artillery in Delyatyn village in the Ivano-Frankvisk region.

An article on Rossiskaya Gazetta (RG) pointed out that the warehouse was a Soviet-era storage facility called ‘Object-711’ or ‘Ivano-Frankvisk 16’ built in 1955.

Used to house nuclear weapons, warheads, and tactical missiles of the Soviet Union, it was heavily hardened even to withstand atomic bombs and the resultant radiation fallouts. Located 150 meters (492 feet) deep with two stories/levels, ‘Object-711’ could hold a small-sized military camp and be considered one of the safest arsenals in the region.

However, nuclear weapons were transferred to Russia after the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) dissolution in the 1990s, when Ukraine became an independent country. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense moved most of its weapons stockpiles here.

That the Kinzhal could penetrate so deep with its tearing hypersonic speed and destroy the facility is being pointed to as proof of its lethality that even the US cannot counter.

A video of the said strike shows the missile coming down on the target nearly vertically, with a speed of several kilometers per second and a mass of one and a half tons. The massive kinetic energy allowed the missile to punch through those layers of concrete and explode inside.

https://eurasiantimes.com/dead-meat-kinzhal-hypersonic-missile-that-hit-ukraines-russia/