A test, this time in the Atlantic, to flex its muscles for the West. The Russian Navy conducted an exercise with a Zircon hypersonic missile in the waters separating Europe from the United States. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense this morning. According to the army command, the crew of the Frigate Admiral Gorshkov “Proficient in hitting a target simulating an enemy warship at a range of more than 900 kilometers with a Tsirkon hypersonic missile.”
Subsequently, the ministry indicated that the exercise was conducted through an electronic simulation, as reported by Interfax. “The crew of the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, which operates in the western part of the Atlantic, has been trained in the use of a hypersonic missile weapon using the method of computer modeling,” the ministry said. “In accordance with the training environment, the frigate Admiral Gorshkov made preparations for an attack with a Tsirkon hypersonic missile on a sea target mimicking an enemy ship at a distance of more than 900 kilometers,” the report continues. “In our case, the electronic launch and operation of the ship’s entire combat crew confirmed all the characteristics expected of this system and demonstrated during preliminary tests and state trials,” the frigate’s commander Igor Krokhmal said in a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry .
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Russian President Putin had confirmed the news that the warship was being prepared for war and entering Russian military service. However, in December 2022, he announced that the warship Admiral Gorshkov She was scheduled to enter combat duty in early January. The Admiral Gorshkov frigate was selected to be armed with Zircon hypersonic and cruise missiles. Zircon is the world’s first hypersonic cruise missile capable of long-range aerodynamic flight with atmospheric maneuvers using its own engine thrust. It has a top speed of nine times the speed of sound and a maximum firing range of 1,000 kilometers and is capable of destroying both surface and ground targets.
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