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New Russian Frigate To Deploy With Hypersonic Missiles

A Zircon missile is fired during a 2021 test aboard the Admiral Gorshkov frigate.

Credit: Russian MOD via YouTube
The Russian Navy will send a new frigate on a long voyage carrying a new missile asserted to be capable of hypersonic cruising speed. The first embarkment of the NPO Mashinostroyenia 3M22 Zircon missile on the 4,500-ton Admiral Gorshkov ship follows several years of development and testing and comes...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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