B omb disposal experts in Kyiv discovered a Russian Kh-55 missile, which sheds new light on the attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on November 28, 2024, reports the Ukrainian portal Defense ...

Detailing the Kh-55 missiles "The Russian decoy missiles failed to overload the Ukrainian air defenses during the attack on Kyiv on December 8," writes ISW, quoting a well-known Russian "war blogger".

The Smolensk Aviation Plant produces the Soviet-designed Su-25 ground attack aircraft, as well as Kh-55 and Kh-59 missiles.

The Kh-555 is a subsonic air-launched strategic cruise missile, a Kh-55 modification with a conventional warhead. The missile can be outfitted with different types of warheads.

The missile itself differs from the regular Kh-55 in conformal tanks, due to which the range is increased to 3,500 km. This version appeared in 1987 and continued to be produced in the russian ...

The Ukrainian Navy used a ship-mounted VAMPIRE SAM to intercept and destroy a Kh-59 cruise missile launched at a commercial ...

The air force said Moscow had launched Kh-22 and Kh-32 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 jets, and Kh-101 and Kh-55 missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers, plus other missiles from unspecified ...

Kh-55 and Kalibr cruise missiles; – 4 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missiles; – 47 Shahed attack UAVs/decoy drones; and – another 27 did not reach their targets (disappeared from radar). Quote: "Not all the ...

while four Kalibr missiles were fired from the Black Sea. Strategic bombers fired 27 Kh-101/Kh-55 cruise missiles from the Volgograd region, while seven Kh-22/32 cruise missiles were launched from ...

To this day, it remains the largest operational bomber in the world. It can carry a total of 12 Kh-55 missiles and up to 24 Kh-15s. Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces were established to improve ...