In the outgoing year three scheduled launches were made: two against naval targets and one against an on-land surface target, the source said.
MOSCOW, December 25.
/TASS/. The program for flight-testing the hypersonic missile Tsirkon in 2020
has been completed, with three successful launches from the Northern Fleet’s
frigate The Admiral Gorshkov carried out, a source in the defense-industrial
complex told TASS.
"In the outgoing
year three scheduled launches were made: two against naval targets and one
against an on-land surface target," the source said. "The accuracy
was amazing. All missiles hit the bull’s eye."
The
military-industrial corporation NPO Mashinostroyeniya (an affiliate of the
Tactical Missiles Corporation), which developed and manufactures the Tsirkon
has refrained from comment.
For the first time a
hypersonic cruise missile Tsirkon was launched from the frigate The Admiral
Gorshkov at the beginning of October 2020. The missile, fired from the White
Sea, hit a naval target in the Barents Sea. It developed a maximum speed of
Mach 8 and rose to an altitude of 28 kilometers. The next launch followed in
November. The Tsirkon hit a naval target 450 kilometers away and developed a
speed of above Mach 8, the Defense Ministry said. On December 11 the Defense
Ministry said there had been a third launch.
Test launches from
The Admiral Gorshkov will be completed in 2021. Later, the missile will begin
to be launched from the nuclear-powered submarine The Severodvinsk.
Source: ITAR-TASS
25-12-2020
