On October 16, 3 MiG-31 supersonic combat interceptors were in the skies over Minsk, which landed at the Machulishchy airfield, Belarus reports outside Minsk Belt Road.
The Belarusian surveillance organization Hajun found that this is not a popular MiG-31, but a special MiG-31K amendment. It is those fighters that can bring X-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, and are capable of launching them at a distance of 2,000 kilometers.
In addition, unlike popular MiGs, this style of fighter also has increased fuel capacity and special communication equipment. It was imaginable to identify the registration numbers of the MiG-31K that arrived in Belarus: RF-92462, RF-92339 and RF-92333.
It is conceivable that with the MiG-31K, Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were also brought to Belarus. The fact is that on the same day, October 16, 3 transport aircraft of the Il-76 army of the Russian Aerospace Forces (RF-86902, RF-76722, RF-76724) flew to the Machulishchy airfield from the Russian Federation, which possibly would have brought missiles for MiG-31K launches.
Therefore, there are reasons for MiG-31K fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces possibly soon to start bombing Ukraine from the territory of Belarus with hypersonic airborne missiles X-47M2 “Kinzhal”.