Russia increases Kinzhal missiles production to 10 units per month – military expert Kyrychevskyi

Defense Express military expert Ivan Kyrychevskyi says that Russia has been able to increase their capacity to produce more than 10 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles per month

He shared the information on Espreso TV.

"Unfortunately, Russians were able to increase the production of Kinzhal missiles. Based on the data voiced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov, as of the beginning of May this year, Russians had 80 missiles of this type. It follows that they were able to increase the production of these missiles from 1-2 units to 10 per month. However, fortunately for us, the limiting factor that restrains the more massive use of these missiles is the small number of carriers for Kinzhals in Russia," Kyrychevskyi explained.

The expert explained that the complex design of the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles does not allow launching from just any bomber.

"The fact is that the Kinzhal missile is designed in such a way that it can only be launched from a MiG-31K aircraft. Russians wanted to adapt these missiles to the Su-22M3 aircraft, but they failed. However, it is quite possible that they are preparing and repairing their existing MiG-31Ks in order to simultaneously launch several dozen Kinzhal missiles at the territory of Ukraine," he added.