Russia test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles from frigate, submarine

[Zarvan]

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he attends his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

MOSCOW, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, Interfax news agency said on Friday citing northern fleet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lauded the weapon as part of a new generation of unrivalled arms systems.

Putin has called a missile test, conducted last week, "a big event in the country's life", adding that this was "a substantial step" in increasing Russia's defence capabilities.

Some Western experts have questioned how advanced Russia's new generation of weapons is, while recognizing that the combination of speed, maneuverability and altitude of hypersonic missiles makes them difficult to track and intercept.

Putin announced an array of new hypersonic weapons in 2018 in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a U.S.-built missile shield.

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This is the capability which I am begging Pakistan Navy to have. I mean not Hypersonic missile but a Frigate which has VLS to carry long range cruise missile and can fire several long range like 1000 KM or more range cruise missile in a slavo. Like this one done by USSR. We need both heavy Frigates and at least 1000 or even better 1500 KM range cruise missiles. Doesn't matter if it's subsonic, supersonic, or hypersonic cruise missile.

 

[Surya 1]

Great news. There are many countries who have hypersonic missile including India which has Shaurya for 2 decades. However, what is critical is hypersonic speed with scamjet technology which offers real hypersonic advantages. This is the reason why India develops SFDR and Its 2 other varriants, other ISRO hypersonic technology etc. inspite of having hypersonic Shaurya for 2 decades. Russia develops Zericon sort of Missile.

 

[vostok]

Great news. There are many countries who have hypersonic missile including India which has Shaurya for 2 decades. However, what is critical is hypersonic speed with scamjet technology which offers real hypersonic advantages. This is the reason why India develops SFDR and Its 2 other varriants, other ISRO hypersonic technology etc. inspite of having hypersonic Shaurya for 2 decades. Russia develops Zericon sort of Missile.

Zircon is cruise missile, not ballistic.

 

[Surya 1]

Zircon is cruise missile, not ballistic.

Where did I say it isballistic? In fact, where did I used the word "ballistic"?

 

[vostok]

Where did I say it isballistic? In fact, where did I used the word "ballistic"?

You said about Shaurya missile, which is ballistic.

 

[SecularNationalist]

Zircon is cruise missile, not ballistic.

The guy is a complete idiot is that post of him not enough to prove that? He is claiming India had a hypersonic tech two decades ago ,that mean Ivan stolen that tech from pajeet
Su-57 is also invented by pajeet ,the cow urine in the feusalage area makes the jet stealthy .

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

You said about Shaurya missile, which is ballistic.

Agreed...

Cruise missile vs ballistic missile.. I hope, we will soon get BrahMos-2 - hypersonic missile

 

[vostok]

Agreed...

Cruise missile vs ballistic missile.. I hope, we will soon get BrahMos-2 - hypersonic missile

I do not see any obstacles to this.

 

[Zarvan]

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he attends his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

MOSCOW, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, Interfax news agency said on Friday citing northern fleet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lauded the weapon as part of a new generation of unrivalled arms systems.

Putin has called a missile test, conducted last week, "a big event in the country's life", adding that this was "a substantial step" in increasing Russia's defence capabilities.

Some Western experts have questioned how advanced Russia's new generation of weapons is, while recognizing that the combination of speed, maneuverability and altitude of hypersonic missiles makes them difficult to track and intercept.

Putin announced an array of new hypersonic weapons in 2018 in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a U.S.-built missile shield.

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This is the capability which I am begging Pakistan Navy to have. I mean not Hypersonic missile but a Frigate which has VLS to carry long range cruise missile and can fire several long range like 1000 KM or more range cruise missile in a slavo. Like this one done by USSR. We need both heavy Frigates and at least 1000 or even better 1500 KM range cruise missiles. Doesn't matter if it's subsonic, supersonic, or hypersonic cruise missile.

@The Eagle posted it in wrong thread. Please move it to Russian section

 

[Abid123]

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he attends his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

MOSCOW, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, Interfax news agency said on Friday citing northern fleet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lauded the weapon as part of a new generation of unrivalled arms systems.

Putin has called a missile test, conducted last week, "a big event in the country's life", adding that this was "a substantial step" in increasing Russia's defence capabilities.

Some Western experts have questioned how advanced Russia's new generation of weapons is, while recognizing that the combination of speed, maneuverability and altitude of hypersonic missiles makes them difficult to track and intercept.

Putin announced an array of new hypersonic weapons in 2018 in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a U.S.-built missile shield.

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Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin, Editing by Louise Heavens
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Russia test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles from frigate, submarine | Reuters

This is the capability which I am begging Pakistan Navy to have. I mean not Hypersonic missile but a Frigate which has VLS to carry long range cruise missile and can fire several long range like 1000 KM or more range cruise missile in a slavo. Like this one done by USSR. We need both heavy Frigates and at least 1000 or even better 1500 KM range cruise missiles. Doesn't matter if it's subsonic, supersonic, or hypersonic cruise missile.

We need to develop something similar to Zircon.

 

[Zarvan]

We need to develop something similar to Zircon.

We should start with development of really long range supersonic cruise missile. Like 1500 KM at least

 

[Abid123]

We should start with development of really long range supersonic cruise missile. Like 1500 KM at least

We need a large inventory of cruise missiles with 1500+ km range.