Abstract
Expertise of missile weapons is a set of expert-research activities aimed at studying missile and jet weapons, as well as their components (mechanisms, nodes, etc.) and their interaction in order to obtain reliable information about the objects provided for research. The article examines some aspects of research into missile weapons — strategic cruise missiles air-based Kh-101, the relevance of which is due to the systematic use of these missiles of the Russian Federation. The occupiers prefer the use of strategic air-based missile defense systems of the X-101 type to damage infrastructure objects (critical, military, civil, social) and objects that are under the protection of international humanitarian law. On the basis of the generalization of the expert research practice of the Department of Explosive Research and Research of Rocket and Artillery Weapons of the KNDISE Military Research Laboratory, the features of the structure of the strategic air-launched cruise missile of the Kh-101 type of the aviation missile complex of the Russian Armed Forces have been determined. The specified data is recommended to be used during missile weapon examinations for accurate identification and description of research objects and a substantiated expert opinion, which is one of the sources of evidence during the investigation of crimes.
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