Russia test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles from frigate, submarine


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  • Friday, 31 Dec 2021

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kazakh former President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the sidelines of an informal annual summit of heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Strelna on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia December 28, 2021. Sputnik/Evgeny Biyatov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, Interfax news agency said on Friday citing northern fleet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lauded the weapon as part of a new generation of unrivalled arms systems.

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