A Russian Air Force MiG-31K jet carries a high-precision hypersonic aero-ballistic missile Kh-47M2 Kinzhal during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 73 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 9, 2018.
A Russian MiG-31K jet armed with a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile in a 2018 file photo.
  • Russia's advanced missiles don't work as well as claimed, the UK Ministry of Defence said.
  • Putin once said the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal were "undefeatable" systems.
  • In Ukraine they've been defeated often, the MOD said — either intercepted or just missed the target.

Russia's air-launched ballistic missiles are not proving "undefeatable" in practice, UK intelligence observed on Tuesday.