Putin Orders Hypersonic Missile Armed MiGs Deployed to Counter American Carriers

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on October 18 that he had ordered MiG-31K/I strike fighters armed with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles to carry out regular patrols over neutral airspace in the Black Sea. Our MiG-31 planes are armed with Kinzhal missile systems, deployment of two US aircraft carrier strike groups to the Mediterranean Sea was raised as a factor