
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...
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