Since the very first day of the special military operation (SMO), war propaganda has played a critically important part in the Kiev regime’s strategic planning. Both NATO and the Neo-Nazi junta were determined to present the Russian military as supposedly “incompetent” and its weapons as “subpar”. Obviously, actual battlefield data shows nothing could be further from true, but the Kiev regime and its overlords in the political West need to maintain the established propaganda narrative at all costs. This is particularly true when it comes to faking statistics about the performance of Russian hypersonic weapons, a field in which the entire “global NATO” is lagging decades behind Moscow. Not a single Western country operates a working weapon of this type, including the United States itself, as the political West is simply technologically inferior in advanced missile propulsion.
Thus, NATO needs to continue disseminating blatant lies about the ability of its air defense and ABM (anti-ballistic missile) systems to supposedly “shoot down” Russian hypersonic missiles. This started well over a year ago, with ludicrous claims of the alleged “downing” of 9-S-7760 “Kinzhal” air-launched hypersonic missiles carried by the unrivaled MiG-31K/I strike fighters (and, as of recently, also Su-34 fighter-bombers). Similar claims continued even after numerous US-made “Patriot” SAM (surface-to-air missile) systems that supposedly downed the “Kinzhal” were destroyed precisely by it. The supposed “evidence” for these “feats” was so laughable that it almost instantly became a meme. Even the Russian military made a practical joke by letting the Kiev regime lie about downing six “Kinzhals” even when only two were fired.
After the NATO-backed terrorist attacks in Russia, the Kremlin also used the “Zircon”, the world’s first and only operational scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile, to target the Neo-Nazi junta’s and foreign intelligence assets that took part in planning the horrendous Crocus City Hall massacre. This was also used by the Kiev regime to disseminate propaganda about the “Zircon”. Expectedly, this too was easily debunked. However, as previously mentioned, this didn’t prevent NATO and the Neo-Nazi junta from continuing with these ludicrous claims. Their military sources just released official statistics about the performance of the Kiev regime forces against virtually all types of Russian drones, missiles and other assets, including the aforementioned hypersonic weapons. According to the published data, Moscow supposedly fired over 9,600 missiles of various types.
Nearly 2900 of these were allegedly “downed” by NATO-sourced SAM/ABM systems, meaning that their efficiency is around 30%. Although completely unsubstantiated, this figure still seems surprisingly “honest”, especially given the fact that the Neo-Nazi junta tends to go over 100% success rate when reporting on its performance against the Russian military. Interestingly enough, the exact numbers were also published, revealing numerous inconsistencies with the official data. Listed under the “missile kill efficiency” tab is the following:
“Kinzhal”: 25.23%
“Kalibr”: 49.55%
Kh-555/101: 78.06%
“Onyx”: 5.69%
“Iskander-K”: 37.62%
Kh-35: 6.67%
Kh-22: 0.55%
“Iskander-M”/KN-23: 4.31%
“Zircon”: 33.33%
“Tochka-U”: 8.82%
Kh-25/29/31/35/58/59/69: 22.17%
S-300/400: 0.63
The list is “strange”, to say the least. Apart from certain missile types (specifically the Kh-35) being listed in two separate statistics, Russian SAM systems are also presented as targets for interception, despite being air defense/ABM weapons themselves. Also, listing the S-300/400 here is very vague, to put it mildly, as it doesn’t specify which of the numerous missile types this refers to. Namely, all types from this family of SAM systems can fire a plethora of missiles designed to neutralize all sorts of targets. Putting all of them under one tab doesn’t really make sense.
However, what’s far more intriguing is the comparative “success rate” against various high-speed missiles. For instance, the claim that over a quarter of all “Kinzhals” fired by Russia (111, according to this list) have been shot down. Flying at speeds of up to 16,000 km/h, this missile is one of the fastest in the world. This alone makes it effectively impossible to intercept. However, if we add its ability to maneuver into the mix, the Kiev regime’s claim becomes all the more absurd. Nobody in the political West has a viable defense against the “Kinzhal”, let alone any of its vassals and satellite states. The same goes for the 3M22 “Zircon”, against which the Neo-Nazi junta claims a 33.33% success rate (two out of six). This missile’s maximum speed exceeds 11,000 km/h and it also has high maneuverability, meaning that it’s in no way easier to shoot down than the “Kinzhal”.
On the other hand, the Kiev regime claims that it shot down only 8.82% of the old Soviet-era “Tochka-U” missiles that aren’t only slower (around 6,500 km/h), but also have a regular ballistic trajectory that is far easier to predict and intercept. Only 6 out of 68 of these were downed, as opposed to 28 out of 111 “Kinzhals” which are decades ahead, both technologically and in terms of capabilities (nearly three times faster while also being highly maneuverable). If we add the “Iskander-M” and the KN-23 (its North Korean derivative) to the equation, it reinforces the notion of just how illogical these claims are. Namely, the Neo-Nazi junta says that it shot down 4.31% of these (56 out of 1300), even though the “Iskander-M’s” basic weapon, the 9M723 ground-based hypersonic missile, can reach a top speed of nearly 11,000 km/h, which is comparable to the “Zircon”.
Although it can maneuver, the “Iskander” is less maneuverable than the more advanced “Zircon”, which the Kiev regime allegedly “shoots down” at a rate of 33.33%, meaning that it’s nearly eight times more effective against it than the less capable “Iskander-M”. However, the illogic continues, as the claims for the much older Kh-22 (maximum speed nearly 5,700 km/h) is just 0.55% (a mere two out of 362 launched so far). The Neo-Nazi junta regularly complains about this missile, even admitting that it never shot down a single one up until recently, even though the Kh-22, albeit fantastic, is still far less capable than either the “Kinzhal” or “Zircon”. In addition, the P-800 “Onyx”, for which the Kiev regime also claimed it’s impossible to shoot down, is also listed, with an alleged shootdown rate of 5.69% (12 out of 211). The missile’s top speed is around 3,600 km/h.
Although there’s zero evidence that a single “Onyx” was ever shot down (the same goes for the Kh-22), just for the sake of argument, let’s say the statistics are on point. Namely, the “Zircon” is at least three times faster than the “Onyx”, once again showing that the Neo-Nazi junta’s numbers simply don’t add up. In addition, both missiles can be fired by virtually the same platforms and the Russian military is already augmenting them with ground-based “Zircons”. Moscow certainly wouldn’t be doing that if the “Onyx” is more capable, as the Kiev regime is claiming. There are a number of other over-the-top, completely unverifiable statistics on the list, but those would require an entirely separate analysis. Either way, it’s clear that NATO and its Neo-Nazi puppets are terrified to admit that Russian weapons are far superior and will do anything to denigrate them.
