Hypersonic “Zircon” will try to launch a thousand kilometers
The Zircon hypersonic anti-ship missile is planned to be launched at a distance of about a thousand kilometers. A source in the defense industry told TASS about this.
He specified that the shooting would be fired from the Northern Fleet frigate “Admiral Gorshkov”. The missile will have to hit a naval shield imitating an enemy ship Earlier, TASS found out that three test launches of Zircon will be carried out by the end of the year.
On October 6, Zircon successfully hit a target at a range of 450 kilometers. The launch took place from a ship in the White Sea, while the target was in the Barents Sea. The highest speed of “Zircon” was 8 speeds of sound, the flight altitude reached 28 kilometers. Russian President Vladimir Putin called this a great event for the country and a great stage in equipping the Armed Forces with the latest systems.
It is planned to equip submarines and surface ships of the Russian Navy with the Zircon complex.
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