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Agence France-Presse

Russia said on Monday it had carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, a new addition to an arsenal of weapons called “invincible” by President Vladimir Putin.
Moscow has in recent years touted the development of futuristic weapons which it hopes will give it the edge in any arms race with the United States at a time of growing tensions with the West.
Footage distributed by the defence ministry showed the Admiral Gorshkov warship launching the cruise missile at a target on the Barents Sea coast in northern Russia.
“The Zircon missile successfully hit a target directly at a range of over 350km (217 miles). The flight speed reached nearly Mach 7,” the ministry said in a statement.

#Footage #RussianNavy continues tests of the #Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missiles. In the White Sea, the #AdmiralGrigorovich frigate successfully strikes a land target with a #Tsirkon missile on the coast of the #SeaOfBarents https://t.co/olmWB2oCUo#MissileLaunch #RussianWeapons pic.twitter.com/dgn8kfj4SH
— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) July 19, 2021

Putin revealed the development of the new weapon in a state of the nation address in February 2019, saying it could hit targets at sea and on land with a range of 1,000km and a speed of Mach 9.
The defence ministry has said it plans to equip both warships and submarines with the Zircon.
The missile has undergone several recent tests and in October last year Putin described one of the test firings as a “great event not just in the life of our armed forces but for all of Russia”.
Russia to unveil new fighter jet at Moscow air show
Russia has boasted of developing several weapons that circumvent existing defence systems, including the Sarmat intercontinental missiles and Burevestnik cruise missiles.
Western experts have linked a deadly blast at a test site in northern Russia in 2019 – which caused a sharp spike in local radiation levels – to the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, revealed by Putin in 2018.
Additional reporting by Reuters


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The missile was fired from the Admiral Gorshkov warship. Photo: Russia Ministry of Defence

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Hidden under tarpaulin, a prospective Russian fighter jet is being towed to a parking spot before its presentation at the Moscow international air show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Russian aircraft makers say they will present a prospective new fighter jet at a Moscow air show that opens next week. The new warplane hidden under tarpaulin was photographed being towed to a parking spot across the airfield in Zhukovsky outside Moscow. That's where MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon opens on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit the show’s opening. (AP Photo/Ivan Novikov-Dvinsky)

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The British destroyer HMS Defender. File photo: AP

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Russia to equip warships and submarines with Zircon missile
Putin has boasted of weapons that can evade missile defences



Russia has boasted of developing several weapons that circumvent existing defence systems.


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Russia test fires Zircon hypersonic missile from ship, ‘hitting nearly Mach 7’

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Russia to equip warships and submarines with Zircon missile

Putin has boasted of weapons that can evade missile defences