The open-source images show the wreckage of an apparently downed AS-15 KENT aerial cruise missile (RKV), which was developed in the 1980s solely as a nuclear launch system, the report noted. The warhead has probably been replaced with ballast.
According to British intelligence, while such an inert system would still have caused some damage from the missile’s kinetic energy and any unspent propellant, it was unlikely to provide reliable impact on intended targets.
“Russia almost certainly hopes that such missiles will act as a decoy and distract Ukraine’s air defense system. Whatever Russia’s intentions, this improvisation underscores the level of depletion of Russia’s stockpiles of long-range missiles,” the ministry said. British Defense.
We recall, according to British intelligence, the use by Russia Iranian drones on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine has had limited success. Their stocks are most likely already sold out.
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