Newsweek:

Russia’s military has announced it will conduct a new hypersonic missile test in the Barents Sea as the world’s great military powers push for the leading edge in weapons to define the future battlefield.

Russia’s Northern Fleet—which operates in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans—announced Wednesday that its Admiral Gorshkov-class lead frigate, designated Project 22350, has deployed to the Arctic Barents Sea for tests of the Tsirkon hypersonic missiles, the state-run Tass news agency reported.

“The crew of the frigate Admiral Gorshkov has deployed to the Barents Sea where it will practice some elements of a combat training course and conduct firings from its missile and artillery weapons against sea targets,” the Northern Fleet press office said. The frigate will then return to its home base in Severomorsk, close to the city of Murmansk in northwestern Russia.

Admiral Gorshkov was commissioned in 2018 and is the lead ship of its class, ten of which have been ordered for delivery by 2027. Tass said the ship is one of the most advanced in the Northern Fleet, and its tests of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile speak to its importance in the modernizing Russian navy…

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