Russia to hold three more test launches of Tsirkon hypersonic missile by year-end

October 9, 2020

TASS Russian News Agency:

 

The Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Russian Northern Fleet (Project 22350) will carry out three more test-launches of Russia’s advanced Tsirkon hypersonic missile by the end of the year, two sources in Russia’s defense ministry have told TASS.

“As part of the ongoing flight trials of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile, three more test launches will be carried out by the Admiral Gorshkov frigate. The nearest launch will take place in late October – early November,” the source said.

The other source confirmed this information, adding that “all the three launches will involve real strike at sea or land targets, including those imitating aircraft carriers or strategic facilities of a notional enemy.”…

 

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