The Russian Defense Ministry at the time highlighted the frigate’s role as a ship-destroyer, thanks to its vertical launch system, which is compatible with the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. The weapon “can
Russia has used the frigate, the Admiral Gorshkov, to test its Zirconhypersonic cruise missiles, according to the Reuters news agency. Two American destroyers and two ships that tow sonar equipment behind them were shadowing the submarine, Martin reported. Another destroyer and a U.S. Coast Guar...
8. Question : could the Oreshnik military payload have benefited from researches done on the warheads of the Kinzhal, or even the naval 3M22 Zircon missile (why not ? given these missiles are supposed to be hypersonic), or are they mere copies of the Oka munitions ? T...
It is much better armed than its U.S. Navy counterparts, the Freedom and Independence-class littoral combat ships. One notable feature is the ability to carry Zircon scramjet-powered hypersonic anti-surface missiles. Related Story Russia's Unprecedented Nuclear Drills...
The modernization includes the installation ofmodern sensors and weapon systemssuch as replacing the P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles with 10 vertical launch cells that can hold up to eight modern missiles such as the Oniks anti-ship missile, the Kalibr cruise missiles and the Zircon...
Interfax. 2021. “The New Kazan Nuclear Submarine Will Be Able to Use Hypersonic Missiles ‘Zircon’-The Navy.” August 10.https://vpk.name/en/531063_the-new-kazan-nuclear-submarine-will-be-able-to-use-hypersonic-missiles-zircon-the-navy.html ...
The Yasens carries UGST heavyweight torpedoes, 3M14K Kalibr subsonic cruise missiles, P-800 Oniks supersonic anti-ship missiles, and now Zircon anti-ship and land attack hypersonic weapons. Only one of the two ships carries hypersonic weapons, but the Virginia-class submarines won’t be a...
It is a multi-purpose vertical launch with 32 units at the rear of the hull, capable of launching P-800 "Onyx" supersonic anti-ship missiles or 3M-14 "caliber" cruise missilesMissileAnd the most advanced "Zircon" hypersonic missile, the "Yasen" class is the first Soviet nuclear submarine...
and land attack weapons. While it’s unclear what weapons the two ships used during the Tuesday test fire, they both can field the 1,000-mile range 3M-54 Kalibir NK land attack cruise missile, the P-800 Oniks anti-ship missile, and the 3M-22 Zircon hypersonic anti-ship cruise ...