The Hyperzvuk Rocket “Zircon” displays the Navy (Navy) of Russia to a completely new level, said TASS General Director of the Northern Design Bureau (PKB) Andrei Dyachkov.
This weapon, the head called “our today’s vision to a very serious perspective.” “The characteristics of this complex have yet been able to exceed,” the general director noted.
Dyachkov added that the Navy of Russia “is constantly evolving, including due to the adoption of new armament complexes,” that in the future means that in the event of the beginning of the hostilities, the combat ships will have completely new qualities than today ” .
In March TASS, referring to a source in the defense and industrial complex, said that the Zircon’s hypersonic missile was tested from the surface carrier – the frigate “Admiral Gorshkov” of the Northern Fleet (SF) of the Navy of Russia.
In February, it was reported that in the current year the Zircon’s hypersonic missile is planned to be applied from the nuclear submarine (APL) to 560 “Severodvinsk” project 885 “ash.”