Russian Hypersonic Missile Hits Sea Target In Test, MOD Says

A Russian military video shows the hypersonic Zircon cruise missile launching from a vertical launch cell on the Admiral Gorshkov frigate..
Credit: Russian MOD via YouTube
The Russian Navy’s most advanced frigate completed a flight test of the NPO Mashinostroyeniya 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile on Oct. 6, firing the anti-ship weapon at an ocean target for the first time in the Barents Sea, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) said. The missile launched from the...
Steve Trimble

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

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