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[RIA Novosti] The delivery of Zircon hypersonic missile systems to the Russian army will begin in the coming months, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a speech at a naval parade in St. Petersburg.
“Suffice it to mention the latest Zircon hypersonic missile systems, which have no analogues in the world, for which there are no barriers. Dear comrades, their delivery to the Russian Armed Forces will begin in the coming months,” the head of state said.
According to him, the frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" will be the first ship to take up combat duty "with this formidable weapon" on board.
"The area where the ship will serve will be chosen based on the interests of ensuring Russia's security," the president added.
Zircon is the world's first hypersonic cruise missile capable of sustained aerodynamic flight with maneuvering in dense layers of the atmosphere using its own engine thrust.
The maximum speed of the rocket reaches about nine speeds of sound (about 2.65 kilometers per second at an altitude of 20 kilometers, or more than ten thousand kilometers per hour). The maximum range is one thousand kilometers.
In early June, the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, announced that the frigate Admiral Gorshkov had successfully completed a test cycle of the Zirkon missile, during which it hit a sea target located in the White Sea at a distance of about a thousand kilometers.
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