According to the President, the supply of hypersonic complexes "Zircon" to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will begin in the coming months
ST. PETERSBURG, July 31. /tass/. The delivery of the latest Zircon hypersonic complexes to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will begin in the coming months, the Admiral Gorshkov frigate will be the first to go on combat duty with these missiles. This was stated on Sunday by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg.
He noted that the armament of the Russian Navy is constantly being improved. "It is enough to mention the newest hypersonic missile systems "Zircon", which have no analogues in the world, for which there are no barriers," Putin said.
"Their delivery to the Russian Armed Forces will begin in the coming months. The frigate Admiral Gorshkov will be the first to take up combat duty with this formidable weapon on board. The area of service of the ship equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles "Zircon" will be chosen based on the interests of ensuring the security of Russia," the President of the Russian Federation said.
Earlier, the source reported that the Zircon missile for surface ships of the Russian Navy could be put into service in September 2022.
The Zircon hypersonic complex was developed and manufactured at the Reutov NPO of Mechanical Engineering (part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation). On February 20, 2019, the President of the Russian Federation, in a message to the Federal Assembly, stated that the missile from the Zircon complex is capable of reaching a speed equal to nine Mach numbers (sound speeds), has a range of more than 1 thousand km. On August 24, 2021, a contract for the supply of "Zircons" to the military department.
At the end of December 2021, Putin announced the launch of the Zircon. The tests, he said, were "successful, flawless." In the autumn of 2021, it was reported that the first tests of a missile from a submarine carrier - the nuclear submarine Severodvinsk. The test launch of the Zircon, carried out on May 28 of this year from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, was carried out at maximum range.
