Reuters:

Russia has test launched its Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile and successfully hit a target in the Barents Sea, a senior commander told Vladimir Putin on the Russian leader’s 68th birthday, on Wednesday.

Speaking to Putin by video link, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the army’s General Staff, said that the test strike on Tuesday was carried out from the Admiral Gorshkov vessel which was located in the White Sea, in northern Russia.

Putin, who has pledged to beef up Russia’s military presence in the Arctic, talked up hypersonic missiles and a new generation of Russian weapons in a March 2018 speech. He praised the test launch on Wednesday…

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