A few days ago, Ukrainians from the Kiev Forensic Science Research Institute reported a Russian attack featuring the hypersonic Zircon missile. The initial analysis of the missile remnants ...

The impressive Zircon missile is expected to become the norm for future vessels, including the Yasen-class. Despite its naval ...

Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Alexey Krivoruchko noted that the Zircon missile was fired from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate during the design trials, achieving the speed of over Mach 8 MOSCOW ...

MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. Russia’s cutting-edge hypersonic missile Tsirkon (Zircon), which is now undergoing state tests is expected to go into serial production in 2018, a source in the Russian ...

Currently, Russia holds the title for having the world’s fastest missile. Its Zircon hypersonic missile is considered the fastest missile on the planet. Russia’s Zircon Hypersonic missile has ...

The country has officially revealed its latest weapon, the Zircon hypersonic missile, which is reported to reach speed of Mach 9, which is over 10,000 kph, at altitudes of 20 km. Russian President ...

The Tsirkon hypersonic missile is slated to be test fired from a Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine this year in conjunction with test launches from Russian Navy surface combatants.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has prioritised the development of hypersonic weapons, such as the Zircon missile, which can reach speeds of Mach 8 and is designed to evade interception by ...

Russia has carried out a number of successful tests of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. President Vladimir Putin in his televised remarks called the hypersonic missiles test as a big event for ...

The Zircon missiles can reach speeds of mach 5 or 6, a vast improvement over Russia's current arsenal. The extreme speed of these missiles would render most current missile defense systems obsolete.