Russian frigate fires hypersonic missile

摘要

A Russian Navy warship has fired an NPO Mashinostroy-eniya 3M22 Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic missile for the first time during trials in the Barents Sea. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed the start of the test programme by the Northern Fleet during a meeting of his ministry's board on 28 February. "The trials of new armament, including hypersonic weapons, continue," Shoigu was reported as telling the board meeting by Russian state news agency TASS on 28 February. "All this will make it possible to qualitatively boost the combat potential of the Russian Navy's Northern and other fleets."