the president also said that work on the hypersonic missile "zircon" is mostly completed
MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. russia is currently working on ways to counter hypersonic weapons, which other countries do not yet have. This was announced on Thursday at the final press conference by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
the president recalled that the united states was developing the concept of a lightning-fast, disarming strike with high-precision weapons on control centers.
"there are high-precision weapons, but there are no hypersonic weapons yet. but, of course, this is quite obvious, as i have already said, we will be prepared by this time. now you asked what we are working on. Including here on the "antidote" to the future of hypersonic weapons in other countries, in other leading armies of the world. I am sure we will do it, we are on the right track, " Putin said.
The Head of State also said that work on the heavy intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" is actively underway and is at the final stage.
"We are actively working on the Sarmat project, at the final stage. According to " Poseidon "(unmanned underwater vehicle-approx. TASS) work is going well, on a missile with a nuclear installation of global range, everything is also going according to the plan, " Putin said.
He noted that work is underway on all other weapons systems that were announced in the President's address to the Federal Assembly. "Some are already on combat duty - "Dagger", "Peresvet" - this is a laser weapon, " the head of state stressed.
RS-28 "Sarmat" is a Russian advanced ground - based missile system with a heavy liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile. developed since the 2000s by specialists of jsc " state rocket center named after v. p. makeev "(miass, chelyabinsk region) as a replacement for the r-36m2 "voevoda" complex. Weight-200 t, cast weight-about 10 t.
Rocket " Zircon"
The President also said that the work on the creation of a hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon" is mostly completed.
"Zircon" is a very important weapon, recently we conducted very important tests for us. In fact, the work on it is mostly completed, more than eight Mach [speed], the range is large, " Putin said.
"Moreover, it ["Zircon"] can be placed on carriers both stationary and on ships, surface and underwater. Posted where? In neutral waters. Calculate the range and speed, and everything becomes clear. Does it change or somehow affect the situation? Of course it does, but what about it? And it does, " putin said.
for the first time, the firing of a hypersonic cruise missile "zircon" from the frigate "admiral gorshkov" was carried out in early october. then the ship launched a missile from the white sea, it hit a sea target in the barents sea. The maximum speed of the "Zircon" was 8 speeds of sound, the flight altitude reached 28 km. after that, the shooting was carried out in november. then the "zircon" successfully hit a sea target at a distance of 450 km. The rocket's flight speed was more than 8 m.
also on december 11, the frigate "admiral gorshkov" successfully fired a hypersonic missile "zircon" from the white sea at a training ground in the arkhangelsk region (successfully hit a coastal target at a distance of over 350 km, flight speed - more than 8 m).
In his address to the Federal Assembly in February 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the Zircon missile is capable of reaching a speed of about 9 M and will be able to hit both surface and ground targets at a distance of more than 1 thousand km.
Hypersonic weapons of the Russian Federation
The presence of hypersonic missile systems in Russia affects the situation in the world and changes it, Putin added.
He recalled that Russia is developing the latest weapons, including the Avangrad hypersonic missile system, which has a speed of more than Mach 20, and the Zircon long-range hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile with a speed of more than Mach 8.