{"id":4026,"date":"2023-03-10T08:17:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T02:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2025-03-26T21:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:40:46","slug":"kinzhal-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kinzhal-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinzhal Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Kinzhal Missile:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Kh-47M2<\/strong>, nicknamed &#8220;<strong>Kinzhal&#8221; (Dagger<\/strong>), is a <strong>nuclear-capable<\/strong>, <strong>Russian air-launched<\/strong> <strong>ballistic missile<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was one of six \u201c<strong>next generation\u201d weapons<\/strong> <strong>unveiled by Russian President<\/strong> Putin during a speech in March 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Kinzhal can reach <strong>speeds of up to Mach 10<\/strong> (12,350 km\/hr).<\/li>\n<li>It can carry <strong>both conventional and nuclear warheads<\/strong> with a payload of up to 480 kg and a thermonuclear option with a 10-50 kt warhead.<\/li>\n<li>It has a reported <strong>range of 1,500-2,000 km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Kinzhal has a <strong>length of 8 m<\/strong>, a body <strong>diameter of 1<\/strong> m, and a <strong>launch weight of approximately 4,300 kg.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>designed to be launched from MiG-31 fighter jets<\/strong> at altitudes of about 18 km (59,000 ft).<\/li>\n<li>This <strong>missile maneuvers during all stages<\/strong> of its flight to overcome hostile air defense systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What are Hypersonic Missiles?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A hypersonic missile is a weapon system which <strong>flies at least at the speed of Mach 5<\/strong> i.e. <strong>five times the speed of sound<\/strong> and <strong>is manoeuvrable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These missiles are <strong>extremely fast<\/strong> and far <strong>harder for surface-to-air missile defence<\/strong> <strong>systems to target<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1)\u00a0What is a ballistic missile?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ballistic missiles are powered initially by a rocket or series of rockets in stages, but then follow an unpowered trajectory that arches upwards before descending to reach its intended target. Ballistic missiles can carry either nuclear or conventional warheads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-fires-hypersonic-kinzhal-missiles-ukraine-2023-03-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Factbox: Russia fires hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in Ukraine<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kinzhal Missile is a nuclear-capable, Russian air-launched ballistic missile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}