The Zircon’s hypersonic rocket was experienced from the surface carrier – the admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union of Pots “of the Northern Fleet. TASS reported this source in the defense and industrial complex.
According to him, approximately in May-June will begin government tests of “Zircon” from the frigate.
“Field-design tests (racs)” Zircon “using the edgeship of” Admiral Gorshkov “frigate successfully completed. Four starts. All rockets got into the” peg “(the center of the conditional circle, in which the rocket should get),” said Interlocutor.
Earlier 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.”
In December 2020, the Russian Defense Ministry published on Youtube a roller with a launch of a hypersonic missile “Zirkon”, implemented from the edge of the “Admiral pots” of the project of 22350. The corresponding test start was conducted from the water area of the White Sea for the purpose at the Polygon of Chija in the Arkhangelsk region. The rocket developed the speed of eight Mach numbers and struck the coast target at a distance of 350 kilometers.