The Russian Defense Ministry has ordered several dozen additional 3M22 Tsirkon hypersonic missiles for the Russian Armed Forces. The delivery is to be completed by the end of 2023.

German Navy Chief Vice Admiral Kaack stated that the Russian Navy's combat readiness will increase after the end of the war in Ukraine.

During a regular patrol over Norway's surrounding seas, a Norwegian P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft detected and observed a group of Russian Navy ships off the Norwegian coast.

Russia's Tsirkon hypersonic missile is nearing completion of its state trials, with mass manufacturing set to begin in 2022.

The trials of the Tsirkon shipborne hypersonic missile system are successfully nearing their completion, Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing for foreign military attaches.

NPO Mashinostroenia enterprise in Reutov has launched serial production of Tsirkon hypersonic missiles for the Russian Navy, a source close to the Defense Ministry told TASS.

The first test launch of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from a submarine will be conducted from the Northern Fleet’s Severodvinsk nuclear-powered sub in the White Sea in October.

The Russian Navy command said the Northern fleet would receive the Admiral Golovko second serial frigate of project 22350 in 2022. It will be powered by a fully Russian-made plant, which replaced imports, TASS reports.