An informed source told a Novosti correspondent that the new Russian R-37M air-to-air missile showed the highest combat effectiveness during its use as part of a special military operation.
The source indicated that the new missile has a very high hitting accuracy of almost 100 percent.
He added: “One missile is practically enough to destroy one Ukrainian military aircraft.”
The source continued: “These missiles were fired at hostile targets from various Russian fighters, including the Su-35S multi-role fighter, the MiG-31BM interceptor, as well as from fifth-generation Su-57 fighters.”
He said: “R-37M missiles shot down various Ukrainian targets, including Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters, Su-25 attack aircraft, Su-24M front-line bombers, low-flying helicopters and various drones, including the Turkish Bayraktar, and at the same time, the new Russian missile showed high efficiency in hitting targets when maneuvering with a large increase in load.
The source explained that the R-37M version of these missiles used by the Russian Air Force is better in terms of performance than the RVV-BD version exported to other countries, including homing capabilities. warhead.
He said: “The R-37M missile has truly unique technical characteristics, especially in terms of speed, range and height of the targets it hits. At present, there is no equal to this rocket in the world.”
According to open sources, the R-37M belongs to long-range air-to-air missiles and operates at different times and climatic conditions, as well as in conditions of electronic interference. According to these sources, the maximum range of the R-37M missile is 300 kilometers, and the target height ranges from 30 meters to 25 kilometers, and the maximum flight speed of the missile is Mach 6, which means that this missile is practically a hypersonic weapon.
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