Monday, July 19, 2021

Russia successfully tests hypersonic Zircon missile that Putin boasted is 'without equal' and 'can strike anywhere and evade US defence shield'

Via John 

Putin has said the Zircon missile would be capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and have a range of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles)

  • Putin touted the missile system as being unstoppable by US defence systems
  • The president has also claimed that the missiles can strike anywhere in the world
  • Russia has said it intends to fit submarines and surface ships with the missiles 
  • Country's defence ministry said the missile successfully hit a target over 220 miles away off the coast of the Barents Sea from a frigate in the White Sea

Russia said on Monday it had successfully tested a Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin has touted as part of a new generation of missile systems without equal in the world.

The defence ministry said in a statement that the missile had been fired from the Admiral Gorshkov, a warship located in the White Sea.

It travelled at around seven times the speed of sound before hitting a ground target on the coastline of the Barents Sea more than 220 miles away, it claimed.

More @ Daily Mail

4 comments:

  1. I can remember a lot of other Russian/Soviet weapons that they touted as invincible that completely failed when put to actual use against western military tech......so maybe this does what Putin says it does....and maybe he's just blowing more hot air.

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  2. Um…range is 184 miles, and it hit a target 220 miles away? Uh, I see now…..Daily Mail!

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