The flight of the hypersonic missile corresponded to the specified parameters, the target was hit, the Ministry of Defense reported
MOSCOW, December 16. /tass/. The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" successfully hit a target from the White Sea with a hypersonic missile "Zircon" at the Chizha training ground in the Arkhangelsk region. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"The crew of the frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" performed another firing of a Zircon missile as part of the completion of a test cycle of hypersonic missile weapons. The shooting was carried out from the waters of the White Sea at a coastal target position located at the Chizha training ground in the Arkhangelsk region," the Russian military department said.
According to the Ministry of Defense, according to objective control, the flight of the hypersonic missile corresponded to the specified parameters, the target was hit.
Surface ships and naval aviation of the Northern Fleet were involved in providing firing and closing the area.
Prior to that, on November 29, Admiral Gorshkov successfully carried out a test launch of a hypersonic Zircon missile from the White Sea at a sea target at a distance of more than 400 km as part of the completion of the hypersonic missile weapon test cycle.
Earlier, a TASS source reported that the Reutov NPO of Mechanical Engineering has started fulfilling a contract for the serial production of the latest hypersonic cruise missiles "Zircon" for the Russian Navy.
