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Tsirkon missile completes flight development tests
Hypersonic Tsirkon missile has successfully completed flight development tests on the Admiral Gorshkov frigate…
27 March 2021
Hypersonic Tsirkon missile has successfully completed flight development tests on the Admiral Gorshkov frigate…
The Project 22350 frigate ‘Admiral Gorshkov’ (NATO reporting name: Gorshkov-class) is set to support the trials of hypersonic weapons this year, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).
The Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov has successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from the White Sea against a target located over 350 kilometers away…
The Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov has successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile…
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According to the press release, the frigate was located in the White Sea and the missile hit a surface target located in the Barents Sea.
A new test launch of the hypersonic Tsirkon missile will be held by the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of project 22350 in September. Salvo fire is planned, two defense industry sources told TASS at Army-2020 forum.
Work to develop and produce the latest naval weapon systems, such as the underwater unmanned Poseidon craft and hypersonic Tsirkon missile is successfully nearing completion, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Russian frigates of project 22350 will be upgraded. The Admiral Gorshkov is the first warship to get upgraded radars and electronic warfare systems.
Russia will perform about 10 more launches of the advanced Tsirkon hypersonic missile during its state trials, a source in Russia’s defense industry told TASS.
