Russian President Putin has dispatched one of his country’s most modern warships armed with advanced hypersonic missiles on a long voyage through the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and into the Indian Ocean, Russian state media has reported
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dispatched one of his country’s most modern warships armed with advanced hypersonic missiles on a long voyage through the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and into the Indian Ocean, Russian state media reported Wednesday.
. “I am sure that such powerful weapons will reliably protect Russia from potential external threats and will help ensure the national interests of our country,” he added. Russia tested the Zircon system in late 2021, firing from the Admiral Gorshkov in the White Sea and hitting a naval target more than 400 kilometers away, according to reports at the time. The current mission would be its first deployment in a potential combat situation.
report. And whether the Zircon missile could be brought to bear in that war is uncertain. If it works as advertised by the Russians, it is a fearsome weapon. The US-based Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance says the Zircon is “a maneuvering anti-ship hypersonic cruise missile” with a range of somewhere between 500 and 1,000 kilometers . The alliance says its speed has been put at Mach 8, or almost 9,900 kilometers per hour . Hypersonic is defined as any speed above Mach 5 .
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