(Reuters) – Russia has completed testing of its hypersonic Zircon cruise missile and can deploy it earlier than the top of the 12 months on a brand new frigate of its Northern Fleet, a senior army official stated on Wednesday.
Alexander Moiseyev, commander of the Northern Fleet, stated the Admiral Golovko frigate would change into the primary to be armed full-time with the Zircon, TASS information company reported.
President Vladimir Putin has described the Zircon as half of a brand new era of unrivalled arms methods, travelling at 9 instances the velocity of sound.
Russia has suffered heavy losses throughout its three-month warfare in Ukraine, however has continued to stage high-profile assessments of its latest missiles.
The defence ministry stated final week it had efficiently test-fired a Zircon cruise missile from a vessel within the Barents Sea to a goal some 1,000 km (625 miles) away within the White Sea.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
