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Russia Says It Has Test-Fired Another Hypersonic Missile

posted by mrpg on Monday May 30 2022, @01:15PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Russia says it has test-fired another hypersonic missile

The Russian navy on Saturday conducted another test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military's long-range strike capability amid the fighting in Ukraine.

The Defense Ministry said the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Northern Fleet in the White Sea launched the Zircon cruise missile in the Barents Sea, successfully hitting a practice target in the White Sea about 1,000 kilometers (540 nautical miles) away.

[...] Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Zircon is capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and has a range of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). Putin has emphasized that its deployment will significantly boost the capability of Russia's military.

Previously: Russia Reports First Combat Use of Hypersonic Missiles
US Tested Hypersonic Missile but Kept It Quiet to Avoid Escalating Tensions With Russia

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2022, @07:36PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2022, @07:36PM (#1249031)

    Remember when a US president called a certain glorious leader 'Rocket Man'?

    How we laughed...

    Same shit, different glorious leader.

    I wonder which of Lil' Kim or Putin is batshit crazy enough to actually start WW3.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2022, @11:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2022, @11:00PM (#1249066)

    Doesn't really matter. They are both surrounded by people who very much want the gravy train to continue, so as long as those people don't perceive an existential threat (real or not) to themselves then an order to burn the world down would be more likely result in a sudden regime change than nuclear fire. I don't know about Kim, but Putin is very aware of that fact. That's why the long tables.