Field-design tests of the hypersonic missile “Zircon” with the surface media completed, TASS reports, referring to a source close to the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
According to the interlocutor, the tests from the coastal stand and the “Admiral Gorshkov” project of the 22350 project were completed successfully. “Made more than ten launches, the extreme of them – in July,” he clarified.
In August, it was reported that the Ministry of Defense of Russia During the Forum “Army-2021” signed with the Scientific and Production Association (NGO) of Mechanical Engineering, the first contract involving the acquisition of hypersonic missiles “Zircon”.
At the same time, the Corporation Corporation Corporation “Tactical Rocket Arms” (CTRV) Boris Obnosov said that the hypersonic weapons in the United States may appear after 2023.
In the same month, the American magazine The National Interest wrote that the “Zircon” is a bad news for NATO.