President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of the Zircon hypersonic system. On the air of Sputnik radio, military political scientist Alexander Perendzhiev commented on this event.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the new stage of testing of the Zircon system.
"Tonight, or rather in the morning, a salvo launch of the Zircon hypersonic system was carried out. This is our newest missile, which works both at sea, at sea targets, and at ground targets. The tests were carried out successfully, flawlessly," the head of state said at a joint meeting of the State Council and the Council for Science and Education.
The President conveyed his gratitude to the developers, engineers and designers of the system.
On the air of Sputnik radio, a military political scientist, a member of the expert council of the organization "Officers of Russia", associate professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the Russian University of Economics. Plekhanova Alexander Perendzhiev commented on the multiple launch of the Zircons.
The Zircon rocket develops a speed up to nine times the speed of sound, more than ten thousand kilometers per hour, its declared range is more than a thousand kilometers.