Amid increasing tensions in diplomatic and military relations between Russia and the West, the launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile system into mass production has put the United States in a hopeless position.
This is reported by the Iranian newspaper Kayhan.
According to the authors of the article, the Russian successful development, if it is used, simply "there will be nothing to stop it," and therefore it will be able to easily "erase American cities from the ground." At the same time, Washington's failures in the arms race are pushing Western countries to aggravate diplomatic relations.
"The West and NATO are trying to respond with something, although such answers are more like attempts at war between a Pug with an elephant or mice with a cat. They are trying to declare sanctions against the Russian Federation, detain their ships, tankers, planes, or resort to a means already tested during past election campaigns in the States, that is, to expel Russian diplomats," the article says.
Earlier, a veteran of the NATO armed forces Stavros Atlamazoglu predicted victory for Russia in the event of a clash with NATO. So, in case of a possible offensive, the Russian Federation will be able to repel the alliance's attack from two directions — in the Baltic Sea and in the Crimea.
According to the military, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the northern and southern flanks is a kind of protective "umbrella", which is provided thanks to hypersonic anti-ship missiles "Zircon", as well as air defense systems S-300 and S-400, notes Izvestia.
