MOSCOW, RUSSIA – MAY 9, 2018: Mikoyan MiG-31K fighter jet with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles flies over Moscow’s Red Square marking the 73rd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, the Eastern Front of World War II. Alexei Nikolsky/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS
Russia has tested the Kinzhal hypersonic missile in the Arctic, Russia’s news agency TASS reported on November 30 citing own sources. The report said that the test took place in mid-November. The missile was fired by a MiG-31K fighter jet. The missile’s speed reportedly reached Mach 10.
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