TASS / Yuri Smityuk
The frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" performed test firing with a hypersonic missile "Zircon"
18 November 2021, 12:53
The frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" launched a hypersonic missile "Zircon" at a sea target from the White Sea. This was reported by the RF Ministry of Defense on November 18.
“The crew of the Northern Fleet frigate“ Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Gorshkov ”, within the framework of the final cycle of tests of hypersonic missile weapons, fired another Zircon rocket. The shooting was carried out at a naval target position located in the waters of the White Sea, ”the message says.
According to objective control data, the flight of the hypersonic missile corresponded to the specified parameters. The target was hit by a direct hit. Surface ships and naval aviation of the Northern Fleet were involved in providing for the firing and closing the area.
Earlier, on November 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Zircon hypersonic missiles would begin arriving at the Navy from next year . The head of state added that the ongoing tests confirmed the uniqueness of the Peresvet (laser weapon complex) and Avangard complexes. The tests of "Zircon" are currently being completed.
On October 4, tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile from a submarine were completed . The commander of the Northern Fleet, Alexander Moiseyev, said that as part of the test program, rocket firing was carried out from a carrier rocket from the Severodvinsk submarine (a project 885 / 885M nuclear submarine).
In late June, Putin announced that the Sarmat ICBM, the Zircon hypersonic missile and the new S-500 air defense system would soon be on alert. According to him, hypersonic weapons - the Avangard and Dagger complexes - have already been put on alert.
Russian hypersonic weapons were presented in 2018. It includes the Avangard, Dagger and Zircon missiles.
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