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Russia said on Monday it had successfully tested a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin has touted as part of a new generation of missile systems without equal in the world.
[...] Russia's Defence Ministry said the Tsirkon missile was launched from the Admiral Groshkov frigate in the White Sea.
The Ministry said the missile flew at seven times the speed of sound and successfully hit a target more than 350 kilometres away on the coast of the Barents Sea.
[...] Mr Putin has said Tsirkon would be capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and have a range of 1,000 kilometres.
[...] The Russian navy has conducted several previous test launches of the new missile, including one on Mr Putin's birthday in October, and officials said the tests were to be completed later this year.
Russia intends to arm its cruisers, frigates and submarines with the Tsirkon, one of several hypersonic missiles under development in Russia.
Previously:
Russia Successfully Tests New Hypersonic Tsirkon Missile.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by fakefuck39 on Wednesday July 21 2021, @01:44AM
This flew at mach 7. All hypersonic missles are above mach5. The american AGM-183A goes to 1000miles (1600km) at mach 6.5, and less than 1000miles at mach 8. Note how Russia announced their range and speed separately - pick one. The latest one we're developing flies at mach 15 - mach 20, double the Russian missle's speed.
Given that the Russian missile has neither flown at their announced mach 9, nor flown their announced 1000km, they are literally making a weapon from 20 years ago and saying it has no equal. Classic Russia, with their painted empty tubes, marching down the kremlin ww2 parade. Which I attended as a small kid, since my grandmother was i the kgb. Russian tech is old rusty crap painted new, and a lot of talk. Heck, they even have to pay the French build their aircraft carriers.