RUSSIA: Test of the Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile
On 6 October, the Russian Navy released the Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from aboard the frigate ADMIRAL GORSCHKOW (Project 22350) for the first time and fired it at a maximum distance of 450 kilometres at eight times the speed of sound at a target in the Barents Sea. The entire sequence took less than five minutes. This meant that it was not even necessary to use the 24-hour time buffer in case something went wrong. Just in time for his 68th birthday the following day, Army General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of Defence, was able to present the report of the successful shot to his President in due form and with complete peace of mind....
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