MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax) - Russia's MiG-31K fighter jets carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers have been deployed to the Hmeimim airbase in Syria for a Russian naval exercise in the Mediterranean, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and MiG-31K armed with Kinzhal systems have been deployed to the Hmeimim airbase in Syria for an exercise of the Navy's taskforce in the Eastern Mediterranean," the ministry said.