Russia Fires First Submerged Hypersonic Cruise Missile

Credit: Severodvinsk: Russian MoD
The Russian Navy fired a hypersonic cruise missile from a submerged submarine on Oct. 4, a possible first if the test weapon includes a scramjet engine. A 3M22 Zircon missile was fired by the K-560 Severodvinsk nuclear submarine from a depth of about 40 m beneath the White Sea, an inlet of the...

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