Russia’s stock of munitions has dropped so low it is having to strip ageing cruise missiles of their nuclear warheads and fire them at Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has suggested.
In an intelligence update on Saturday, the department said the Kremlin’s desperate improvisation is ‘unlikely to achieve reliable effects’.
The evidence cited are pictures of apparently shot down AS-15 Kent air launched cruise missiles, which were said to have been designed in the 1980s as a nuclear delivery system. The MoD said the nuclear warheads had probably been substituted for ballast, with the Kremlin’s hope likely that the missiles will distract Ukrainian air defences.
‘Although such an inert system will still produce some damage through the missile’s kinetic energy and any unspent fuel, it is unlikely to achieve reliable effects against intended targets,’ a statement said. ‘Whatever Russia’s intent, this improvisation highlights the level of depletion in Russia’s stock of long-range missiles.’Find out more about the UK government’s response:
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