SEVEROMORSK, June 1. /TASS/. The Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov has fulfilled a cycle of Tsirkon hypersonic missile tests, confirming the new weapon’s readiness, Russian Northern Fleet Commander Admiral Alexander Moiseyev stated on Wednesday.
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| Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov |
"The cycle of assessments of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile has been efficiently fulfilled via the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, confirming the readiness of each the provider and the new weapon," the admiral said.
Late remaining week, the frigate correctly test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic missile from high-latitude areas of the Barents Sea towards a goal in the White Sea at a distance of about 1,000 km, the commander said.
A supply in the home protection enterprise formerly instructed TASS that Russia had wrapped up the kingdom trials of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from a floor carrier.
In his State-of-the-Nation Address to the Federal Assembly in February 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the Tsirkon was once succesful of growing a pace of about Mach 9 (nine instances the velocity of sound) and its putting vary functionality ought to exceed 1,000 km. On August 24, 2021, a contract was once signed at the Army 2021 worldwide palms exhibit on the shipping of Tsirkon hypersonic missiles to Russia’s Defense Ministry.
On December 24, 2021, Russian President Putin stated that the Tsirkon hypersonic missile gadget had performed a salvo launch and the exams had been held "successfully and impeccably."
The Tsirkon’s genuine overall performance traits are classified. The hypersonic missile was once engineered and is produced by using the Reutovo-based Research and Production Association of Machine-Building (part of Tactical Missiles Corporation).