Ukrainian officials announced Saturday the successfully interception of a Russian Kinzhal-type missile with an American Patriot missile system.
FILE - Members of US 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command stands next to a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery during the NATO multinational ground based air defence units exercise"Tobruq Legacy 2017" at the Siauliai airbase some 230 km. east of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 20, 2017.
"They were saying that the Patriot is an outdated American weapon, and Russian weapons are the best in the world," said Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat. He continued,"Well, there is confirmation that it effectively works against even a super hypersonic missile." Ihnat said., Germany and the Netherlands have all contributed Patriot defense systems to the Ukrainian war effort. Ukraine received their first Patriot system last month.
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