British intelligence explained why Russia uses Soviet missiles/Channel 24 Collage
Due to the shortage of precision-guided weapons, Russia is actively using X-22 anti-ship missiles developed in the 1960s to destroy ground targets in Ukraine.
Russia launched dozens of old five-ton missiles in Ukraine
This is reported by the British Ministry of Defense. Their intelligence has confirmed that since April, Russian warplanes have used dozens of Kh-22 anti-ship missiles developed in the 1960s to strike ground targets.
The Russians deliberately want casualties and destruction
The missiles were intended to destroy aircraft carriers with a nuclear warhead. The use of these missiles against ground targets with conventional warheads cannot be accurate and results in much destruction and civilian casualties.
Probably Russia uses such missiles due to shortage more modern and more accurate missiles, while the Ukrainian air defense forces continue to keep Russian short-range aircraft from strikes in most of the country. – noted in British intelligence.
Briefly about the five-ton Kh-22
- The Kh-22 are Soviet cruise missiles that have been developed since 1958, and put into service in February 1971.
- From – due to outdated “filling” they can be dangerous in operation. For example, the Iskanders are inferior to the Kh-22s in terms of maximum range (500 and 600 kilometers, respectively).
- Expert Alexander Kovalenko explained that these missiles expired 20 years ago, they were not technically serviced for a long time.
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Pay attention! On June 9, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that since the beginning of the full-scale war, Russia has used more than 2,600 missiles against Ukraine.
There are still a lot of missiles in Russia
Ukrainian intelligence is still in reported in May that Russian forces were using most of their precision-guided weapons. In the first 2 months of a full-scale invasion, rocket attacks were indiscriminate. Now the situation has changed, Russia is no longer attacking Ukrainian cities so often, because it has realized how strong the air defense is. So, it is already in vain to launch missiles.
The tactics of attacks have also changed, if earlier 2 or 4 missiles were used on an object, now the object and target are clearly selected, and then 8 to 12 missiles of various formats are fired at it .
By the way, in the Black Sea there is still a Russian submarine and 4 surface carriers of cruise missiles, on which 40 missiles are placed. Consequently, the risk of increased missile strikes throughout Ukraine is high.
