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The 3M22 Zircon, [13] also spelled as Tsirkon (Russian: Циркон, NATO reporting name: SS-N-33), [14] is a Russian scramjet-powered, nuclear-capable hypersonic cruise missile. Produced by NPO Mashinostroyeniya for the Russian Navy , the missile utilizes the 3S-14 launch platforms on frigates and submarines .
Launch of the UR-100UTTKh ICBM, carrying the Avangard HGV, Dombarovsky Air Base, 26 December 2018. According to Vladimir Putin, the US withdrawal from the ABM Treaty in 2002 forced Russia to start developing hypersonic weapons: "We had to create these [hypersonic] weapons in response to the US deployment of a strategic missile defense system, which in the future would be capable of virtually ...
The missile is equipped with six warheads, each reportedly containing submunitions, [3] and has been described as highly difficult to intercept, though modern ballistic missile interceptors are designed to counter this type of system. [4] [5] Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh has identified the Oreshnik as a variant of the RS-26 ...
The decision was in response to the new Russian "Oreshnik" missile, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said. In 2024, 30% of Ukraine's military gear was made in the country, according to President Zelenskyy.
In a televised meeting with the leadership of Russia’s defense ministry, Putin claimed the missile could not be intercepted by air defenses and said Russia will begin serial production of the ...
By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) -Russia is boosting its ballistic arsenal with new strategic missile systems, plans maximum-range launches and may increase testing in response to growing external threats ...
The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile started test operations in December 2017 and has been deployed since 2018. [5] On 27 December 2019, TASS reported that the first missile regiment armed with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle officially entered combat duty. [6] As of 2020, the 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile was still under development.
Russia launched a new non-nuclear ballistic missile with medium range on Ukraine’s Dnipro region on Thursday, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said in a televised statement, marking another ...