Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu revealed the dates of serial supplies of the winged rocket “Zirkon” in the troops. During the speech on an expanded meeting of the Collegium of the Defense Office, he noted that the supply of ammunition will begin in 2022. Reports about it TASS.
“the state tests of the hypersonic winged sea basing missile” Zirkon “are completed. From next next year its serial supplies will begin,” said Shoigu.
Also, the Minister noted that more than 258 billion rubles will guide the supply of highly accurate means of defeat. According to him, by 2026, the number of winged missiles of different types will double, and the number of high-precision long-range carriers will increase by 30 percent.
Previously, the “Admiral Gorshkov” frigate made a launch of a hyper-operated missile “Zircon” as part of the test. Ammunition struck the target at the Polygon of Chizhi in the Arkhangelsk region.
In November, the source of TASS in the Ministry of Defense reported the beginning of the production of Zircon missiles. He noted that the ammunition is made on the Reutov NGO of Mechanical Engineering.