The Moscow Times:

The Russian military has test-launched its vaunted Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile for, at least, the third time this year, the Defense Ministry announced on Thursday.

Like the previous test launch, held on President Vladimir Putin’s birthday, on Oct. 7, a Russian Navy frigate fired the Tsirkon that hit its target in the waters of northwestern Russia, the state-run TASS News Agency reported.

A 20-second video of the latest launch, released by the Defense Ministry, showed the Tsirkon’s night-time launch from the Northern Fleet’s Admiral Gorshkov frigate in the White Sea…

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