Russia is expanding the list of carriers of hypersonic weapons. Yesterday, on October 4, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on its official YouTube channel published a video of the launch of the Zircon missile from the nuclear submarine Severodvinsk.
"The shooting was carried out on a conditional naval target in the Barents Sea. According to objective control data, the flight of the rocket corresponded to the specified parameters, it hit a conditional target. The test firing of a Zircon missile from a nuclear submarine has been recognized as successful," the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Test launch of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk"
The creation of the Zircon missiles was completed in 2016. The military-industrial corporation NPO Mashinostroeniya is engaged in the development and production of an attack ship complex armed with ZIRCON missiles. Since hypersonic missiles are a promising development, information about them is classified.
According to unconfirmed reports, the Zircon is a hypersonic version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, a joint Russian-Indian development based on the P-800 Onyx missile. The first information about the appearance of hypersonic missiles in service with the Russian Navy appeared in October 2014.
