Mystery missile. (From Sept. 26th)

[sferrin]

No idea what this is. Meant to post it when I first saw it posted.

 

[sublight_]

Shouldnt there be a lot more contrail diffusion if its really high and fast?

 

[sferrin]

Shouldnt there be a lot more contrail diffusion if its really high and fast?

That is not the contrail of a low and slow vehicle.

 

[sferrin]

Sorry for the potato quality. This was supposedly over Ukraine.

 

[jeffb]

I think that's an old one from the beginning of the war, allegedly a Kinzhal iirc.

Looks a lot like the second one of these (again in mostly potato resolution ):

View: https://youtu.be/HM5PA0Rk8V4

 

[paralay]

I think that's an old one from the beginning of the war, allegedly a Kinzhal iirc.

This is an anti-aircraft missile. A running engine and a gentle trajectory speak about this unequivocally

 

[jeffb]

Sorry Paralay, which one are you referring to?

 

[paralay]

In your last post
I just noticed a carrier plane. Air - to - air

 

[jeffb]

There are five clips stuck together in the video in my last post. I wasn't sure which you were referring to.

You're probably right though, while Kinzhal are air launched, it would be from a much higher altitude.