Concerns expressed in the US: Russian X-101s cover most of North America

4

Russian air-launched cruise missiles X-101/X-102 using Technology reducing radar visibility, can cover almost the entire territory of North America. This, in particular, is evidenced by the data of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) of the United States.

The situation is aggravated by the low awareness of the United States about potential launches of Russian ALCMs over its territory, and the low probability of hitting such missiles.



The new generation of Russian cruise missiles includes the Kh-101 and X-102, which began full-scale development in the 1990s. They were put into service in 2012. The missiles are equipped with GLONASS on-board navigation, can fly at low altitude and have a range of more than 2500 km (according to some reports, up to 4500 km), which is enough to hit targets in most of the North American continent.

Meanwhile, just a few years ago, the United States was virtually a monopoly in the production of high-precision long-range cruise missiles. Now, as the Americans point out, the long-term investments of "opponents" in the creation of significant non-nuclear forces that could potentially be directed against the United States are obvious.
  • CSIS
Our news channels

Subscribe and stay up to date with the latest news and the most important events of the day.

4 comments
Information
Dear reader, to leave comments on the publication, you must sign in.
  1. -1
    15 July 2022 13: 58
    Do not confuse "fear" with reality.
  2. 0
    15 July 2022 14: 34
    It's good for them that they're afraid
  3. -2
    15 July 2022 15: 56
    This is wonderful, but somehow the KR is still a melee weapon. All these low-altitude terrain envelopes with access to the target from around the corner, bypassing the air defense-missile defense system, eat up the declared range. Yes, and somehow it so happened that the United States is a target for the Strategic Missile Forces.
  4. +1
    21 July 2022 09: 08
    You want peace, get ready for war.
    More good and different missiles ...
    Let them better rot as unnecessary, but they will always be ready.