A port quarter view of a Soviet Papa class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine (SSGN) underway.
The first tests of the Russian Navy’s new hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles have been launched in Russia, a senior defense industry source said Thursday.
“The tests of the hypersonic Zircon missiles have begun using a ground-based launching site,” the source told RIA Novosti.
The weapon is expected to reach the speed of 5-6 Mach.
It will be mounted on Russia’s newest fifth-generation Husky-class nuclear submarines which are currently under development.
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