Russia deploys hypersonic missiles in Kaliningrad

Russia announced, on Thursday, the deployment of aircraft equipped with the latest hypersonic missiles Kaliningradin the context of severe tensions over this Russian enclave surrounded by countries NATO, in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine. « Dans le cadre de la mise en place de mesures stratégiques de dissuasion supplémentaire, trois MiG-31 avec des missiles hypersoniques Kinjal ont été redéployés sur l’aérodrome de Tchkalovsk dans la région de Kaliningstére défé mini de la séfé défé le déféré d’étéfé d’Avec des missiles hypersoniques », statement. He added that the three planes will form a combat unit operating 24 hours a day.

“Kinjal” (“Dagger” in Russian) supersonic ballistic missiles and “Zircon” cruise missiles belong to the family of new weapons developed by Russia whose chief, Vladimir PutinIt is described as “indomitable”, because it is supposed to be able to escape from opposing defense systems. Russia has announced several times that it has used hypersonic missiles in real conditions as part of a large-scale offensive it has been leading since February in Ukraine.

A highly militarized land

The deployment of these missiles in Kaliningrad, an already highly militarized region, comes against the background of the confrontation between the European Union and Moscow in recent weeks in this enclave on the Baltic Sea. In implementation of the European Union sanctions decided by the Union in response to the Russian attack on Ukraine, Lithuania in June stopped allowing some goods to pass through its territory in the direction of Kaliningrad.

After protests and threats from Moscow, the European Union ended up asking Vilnius to allow the transit of Russian goods by rail, with the exception of military equipment. The Kaliningrad region is located between Poland and Lithuania, and is largely supplied by railways from mainland Russia.