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Russian Aerospace Forces MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have touched down in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, apparently for the first time. 

Deploying the air-launched ballistic missiles to the exclave, which borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania, provides a powerful new capability to rapidly target objectives in the region, potentially using nuclear warheads. Moreover, the deployment sends a clear signal to NATO, which has been building up its own military assets in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean amid fears that Moscow will make a new move against Ukraine, which many think could happen imminently. As well as a possible tit-for-tat reaction to NATO troop movements, the deployment ties in with recent rhetoric from Russian officials about placing unspecified missiles along Russian borders.