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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 .
The missile hit a ground target at Pemboy proving ground, reaching a speed of Mach 10. [33] In June 2021, a Kinzhal missile was launched by a MiG-31K from Khmeimim Air Base on a ground target in Syria. [34] A separate aviation regiment was formed in 2021 which is armed with MiG-31K aircraft with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. [35]
NATO has a wide variety of infantry anti-tank weapons: the FGM-148 Javelin, M72 LAW, NLAW, Panzerfaust 3, MATADOR, Carl Gustaf, AT4, Spike, C90-CR (M3), Eryx, MILAN, Missile Moyenne Portée, RPG-75, RPG-7, and the 9K111 Fagot. The only anti-tank weapons that are not in widespread use in NATO are the French Eryx, only used by France and Turkey ...
It also shows the risk of the war's proximity to NATO land. ... Mayor Andriy Sadovy said Russia had launched drones and hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, damaging more than 50 buildings in the center ...
Russia has used hypersonic missiles since the earliest stages of the conflict, claiming to have destroyed a fuel depot in the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv and an underground ammunition store in ...
1 A version of the Falcon missile was briefly designated the F-104 before it was redesignated as the F-98. [78] 2 The X-11 and X-12 designations were assigned to one and three engine test missiles that would have been used to develop a five-engine version of the Atlas missile. [78] United States Air Force designation system, 1955–1963 [78]
The next-gen hypersonic missiles can fly low (below 60,000 feet), adjust course midflight, and maneuver around missile-defense systems. Military analysts have called them “unstoppable.”
The missile was launched from Astrakhan Oblast, likely the Kapustin Yar training ground. [4] It reportedly carried a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) payload, as suggested by unverified footage. [3] Later analyses indicated the strike may not have involved explosives and was potentially intended as a political ...