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Russia test fires Zircon hypersonic cruise missile

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/07/16/zircon-hypersonic-cruise-missile.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Facebook Page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MOSCOW - Russia said Monday it had carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, a new addition to an arsenal of weapons called &quot;invincible&quot; by President Vladimir Putin.</p><p>Moscow has in recent years touted the development of futuristic weapons, which it hopes will give it the edge in any arms race with the United States at a time of growing tensions with the West.</p><p>Footage distributed by the defense ministry showed the Admiral Gorshkov warship launching the cruise missile at a target on the Barents Sea coast in northern Russia.</p><p>&quot;The Zircon missile successfully hit a target directly at a range of over 350 kilometers (217 miles). The flight speed reached nearly Mach 7,&quot; the ministry said in a statement.</p><p>Putin revealed the development of the new weapon in a state of the nation address in February 2019, saying it could hit targets at sea and on land with a range of 1,000 kilometers and a speed of Mach 9.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/07/03/21/is-china-building-a-vast-network-of-nuclear-missile-silos">Is China building a vast network of nuclear missile silos?</a></li></ul><p>The defense ministry has said it plans to equip both warships and submarines with the Zircon.</p><p>The missile has undergone several recent tests and in October last year Putin described one of the test firings as a &quot;great event not just in the life of our armed forces but for all of Russia&quot;.</p><p>Russia has boasted of developing several weapons that circumvent existing defense systems, including the Sarmat intercontinental missiles and Burevestnik cruise missiles.</p><p>Western experts have linked a deadly blast at a test site in northern Russia in 2019 -- which caused a sharp spike in local radiation levels -- to the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, revealed by Putin in 2018.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1707987" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Russia said Monday it had carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, a new addition to an arsenal of weapons called "invincible" by President Vladimir Putin.</p>

Russia said Monday it had carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, a new addition to an arsenal of weapons called "invincible" by President Vladimir Putin.