By David Axe
It wasn’t that long ago that the U.S. Air Force seemed to be the only
one capable of attacking from half a continent away. Then came Russia’s
‘anti-ISIS’ strikes.
Russia apparently deployed for the first time a new, radar-evading cruise missile during its massive Nov. 17 heavy bomber raid on Syria.
The
Kh-101 long-range cruise missile, which reportedly packs an 800-pound
warhead and can fly no less than 1,700 miles under satellite guidance,
has been in development by Russia’s cash-strapped aerospace industry for
three decades. Now that it’s apparently combat-ready, Moscow can claim
to possess a global strike capability that before, only the United
States possessed.
Russia’s mid-November bomber raid startled observers at least as much as did Moscow’s initial deployment of warplanes to Syria in late September and its subsequent barrage of sea-launched cruise missiles at rebel forces in October.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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