MOSCOW, April 15. /TASS/. Russia’s new hypersonic anti-ship Zircon missile has reached eight times the speed of sound during the test, a source with Russia’s defense sector told TASS. "During the tests of the missile it was confirmed that its speed on the march reaches eight Mach [nu...
The missile reportedly struck a target on land. There have reportedly been five previous tests of the missile but were likely tests of key components, such as the engine and missile body. The January test was the first all-up test of the actual hypersonic weapon. The test was originally ...
The ministry in a statement said: “The day before, for the first time, a hypersonic cruise missile Zircon was fired from the nuclear submarine missile cruiser Severodvinsk from a surface position.” Capable of travelling at over five times the speed of sound, the Zircon hypersonic cruise missi...
Vladimir Putin said that on December 24, the "zircon" hypersonic system completed the salvo. It is reported that the 3m22 "zircon" hypersonic cruise missile, developed by the machinery manufacturing, scientific research and production joint enterprise, will replace the p-700 "granite" anti-ship m...