Fighter jets armed with hypersonic missiles to take part in Moscow’s Victory Day parade

May 4, 2018

TASS:

MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/. Upgraded MiG-31K fighter jets armed with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system will take part in the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday.

“I want to remind you that less than a week has been left before the most important and revered holiday in Russia – Victory Day. Preparations for the military parade are in full swing,” Shoigu said at the ministry’s conference call.

“Apart from advanced Su-57, Su-30SM and MiG-29SMT aircraft, upgraded MiG-31K fighters armed with the cutting-edge Kinzhal hypersonic missile systems will take part in the parade’s air component,” the defense minister said.

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