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Home» News»Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov Frigate To Start Hypersonic Missile Acceptance Trials
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Screen capture showing the latest Tsirkon hypersonic missile test, which took place in December 2020.

Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov Frigate To Start Hypersonic Missile Acceptance Trials

The Russian Navy Northern Fleet’s Project 22350 lead frigate Admiral Gorshkov has started to sail to Severodvinsk in north Russia, the Defense Ministry’s press office said. This is likely for the qualification and acceptance phase of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile...

Xavier Vavasseur 13 May 2021

TASS Russian news agency

“The ship has gone to the Barents Sea and sailed eastward along the coast of the Kola Peninsula. The frigate is expected to arrive at the White Sea naval base on May 13. While in Severodvinsk, the ship will take part in the final stages of the trials of a prospective missile weapon,”



Russian MoD

In October 2020, the Admiral Gorshkov frigate successfully fired a Tsirkon hypersonic missile against a seaborne target set up in the Barents Sea. The missile covered a distance of 450 km (280 mi). The maximum altitude of its trajectory was 28 km (17 mi). The flight lasted 4.5 minutes. The missile reached the speed of over Mach 8.

In November, the frigate deployed in the White Sea launched a Tsirkon missile at a complex seaborne target in the Barents Sea. The missile covered a distance of 450 km.

In December, the Admiral Gorshkov fired a Tsirkon missile against a coastal target at a distance of more than 350 km (217 mi).

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Admiral Gorshkov frigate will be used in 2021 to test a hypersonic weapon.

A source in the defense industry told TASS in March that the Tsirkon hypersonic missile had successfully completed flight development tests on a ship. The state trials will start in May-June and several launches will be made.

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Naval News comments:

Artist impression of 3M22 Tsirkon / Zircon hypersonic missile
Artist impression of 3M22 Tsirkon / Zircon hypersonic missile

Local shipspotter Oleg Kuleshov took pictures this morning of the frigate:

Всё как обычно: пошел рано утром гулять и наткнулся на проходящий мимо корабль. А тут и фотик в рюкзаке завалялся 🙂.

На фото фрегат "Адмирал флота Советского Союза Горшков". Принят в состав Северного флота в 2018 году. pic.twitter.com/HXphYfQHVV

— Oleg Kuleshov (@fotoflota) May 13, 2021

Open sources said the hypersonic 3M-22 missile was designed by NPO-machinostroeniya in Reutov in Moscow region. It is a part of 3K-22 (Tsirkon code) complex which NATO reports as SS-N-33. The missile can develop a speed of Mach 9 and fly at an altitude of 30-40 km where the range and speed increase as air resistance is smaller. Experts estimate the payload at 300-400 kg and the missile length at 8-10 meters. Tsirkon is to be fired from universal vertical launchers 3S-14 on warships and submarines and from Bastion mobile coastal missile launchers.

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