Russia Successfully Fires Zircon Hypersonic Cruise Missile, Here’s the Video

MOSCOW – Russia announced on Monday (11/29/2021) that they had successfully tested fire Zircon . hypersonic cruise missile . These missiles were fired as world powers raced to develop similar advanced weaponry.

Russia, the United States, France and China have all experimented with so-called hypersonic glide vehicles, defined as weapons that reach speeds of at least Mach 5.

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“As part of the completion of Russia’s hypersonic missile weapons tests, the warship Admiral Gorshkov launched Zircon missiles at targets in the Barents Sea at a distance of 400 kilometers,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. AFP, Tuesday (30/11/2021).

“The target was achieved,” the ministry said, describing the weapons tests as successful. The Ministry of Defense also released a test fire of the Zircon hypersonic missile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY5P

The missile has undergone several tests recently, with Russia planning to equip its warships and submarines with Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.

President Vladimir Putin unveiled the development of the new weapon in his State of the Union address in February 2019, saying it can hit targets at sea and on land with a range of 1,000 kilometers and a speed of Mach 9.

Russia’s latest Zircon test comes after Western reports that China’s hypersonic launch test flight in July culminated with the missile firing mid-flight at more than five times the speed of sound over the South China Sea.

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Until testing, none of the top powers had demonstrated comparable mastery in mid-flight missile launches.

China denied the report, saying it was a routine test of a reusable space vehicle.

Russia has claimed to be developing several weapons that evade existing defense systems, including the Sarmat intercontinental missile and the Burevestnik cruise missile.

Western experts attributed a deadly 2019 explosion at a test site in northern Russia, which caused a sharp spike in local radiation levels, to the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile.

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