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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 .
Video released by the ministry showed the missile being fired from a ship and blazing into the sky on a steep trajectory.President Vladimir Putin has described the Zircon as part of a new ...
The Zircon, sometimes spelled Tsirkon, is a ship-launched missile that Russian officials claim can travel at speeds of nearly 7,000 mph. It has a reported range of over 600 miles and entered ...
The sea-based Zircon missiles have a range of 1,000 km (625 miles) and travel at nine times the speed of sound, Russia says. ... The attacks are among more than 180 Russian missile and drone ...
On 31 October 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Gremyashchiy will be equipped with the hypersonic 3M22 Zircon anti-ship cruise missiles. [10] In December 2019, as part of its state acceptance trials, the ship entered White Sea to test its main missile system against various types of targets.
The Russian navy on Saturday conducted another test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military's long-range strike capability amid the fighting in Ukraine. The Defense ...
NPO Mashinostroyeniya (Russian: НПО машиностроения, lit. 'RDA of machine manufacturing') is a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, Russia.During the Cold War it was responsible for several major weapons systems, including the UR-100N Intercontinental ballistic missile and the military Almaz space station program.
Ukraine claims it has evidence Russia fired an advanced hypersonic missile – one that experts say is almost impossible to shoot down – for the first time in the almost 2-year-old war.