An anonymous source told RBTH that Russian Navy MiG-29Ks heading to Syria may use the opportunity to test out the Kh-38 air-to-surface missile.
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“MiG-29K fighters will use a totally new type of missile, the X-38, to eliminate the militants,” RBTH quoted the source in the Russian military-industrial complex as saying.