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Russia plans to test-fire ballistic missiles again in coming days - ISW

Nadia Boianivska
23 November, 2024 Saturday
14:20

Russia may conduct additional tests of ballistic missiles, the same as the ones it launched the day before or similar, in the coming days

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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports.

Analysts warn that repeated ballistic missile tests are “to achieve the same rhetorical effect.”

Read also Russia tests its remaining stock of RS-26 ICBM in strike on Dnipro — military expert Zgurets

ISW quoted Russian sources as saying that Russia would close part of its airspace on November 23-24 for a missile test. However, it did not specify what type of missile the Russian forces were testing.

Deputy Chief of Ukrainian military intelligence, Major General Vadym Skibitskyi, warned on November 22 that Russia likely possesses up to 10 Oreshnik missiles and that Russia will likely conduct test launches for all these missiles in the future.

Russia launches intercontinental ballistic missile. What is known

  • On Thursday, November 21, the Russian army launched an attack on Ukraine using MiG-31K and Tu-95 aircraft, targeting the Dnipropetrovsk region.
  • On November 21, Russian forces launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, along with Kinzhal and Kh-101 missiles, at Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense destroyed six targets.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian military used a new missile, possibly an intercontinental ballistic missile, against Ukraine on November 21.
  • Ukraine's Foreign Ministry is pursuing diplomatic measures and leveraging UN and NATO mechanisms in response to Russia's use of a new missile resembling an intercontinental ballistic missile.
  • Valentyn Badrak, Director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies, military expert, believes that Putin's actions are aimed at political bargaining to make him a winner in the eyes of the Russian audience.
  • Serhiy Zgurets’, Director of Defense Express, noted that the RS-26 missile is not in serial production and has not been adopted by the Russian military.
  • On the evening of November 21, the Foreign Ministry responded to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's statement about using the Oreshnik ballistic missile to strike Ukraine.
  • The missile from Russia's new ballistic missile system, Kedr, which was fired at Dnipro on November 21, contains six warheads, each armed with six submunitions.

 

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