What is the Zircon hypersonic missile that Russia tested in the Arctic Ocean

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The armed forces of Moscow have announced that they have successfully retested the missile cruise Hypersonic Zircon, also known as 3M-22 Tsirkon. Designed to destroy the largest naval and land units – aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers – it is considered to be one of the deadliest weapons in Russian made (in the photo, the test in an image released by the Russian Defense Ministry)

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epa07670588 Russian Navy Project 22350 missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov arrives to the port of Havana for an official visit, in Havana, Cuba, 24 June 2019. During the visit, the Russian sailors will complete a program of activities that includes a courtesy visit to the Chief of the Revolutionary Navy (MGR) of the island, Rear Admiral Carlos Duque, and tours of places of historical and cultural interest. The visit of the Russian ships to the Caribbean island takes place at a time when the bilateral relationship between Cuba and Russia shows a new impulse. EPA / ERNESTO MASTRASCUSA

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The missile was launched from the frigate Admiral Gorchkov from the Barents Sea to the White Sea, both in the Arctic Ocean. It can travel at a speed close to Mach 9 (about 11 thousand kilometers per hour), at altitudes between 30 and 40 km, where the air is thinner and the friction less (in the photo, the Gorchkov frigate in Cuba, 2019)

epa09979645 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the highest body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU or EEU), via a videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 27 May 2022. The meeting which is chaired by Kyrgyzstan, considers topical aspects of the EAEU activity and discusses the development of the EAEU's trade and economic cooperation with external partners. EPA / MIKHAIL METZEL / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

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The first testing of the Zircon dates back to 2020. The Russian president Vladimir Putinin presenting the missile, he defined the test as “a big event in the history of the country ”

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epa09979646 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the highest body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU or EEU), via a videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 27 May 2022. The meeting which is chaired by Kyrgyzstan, considers topical aspects of the EAEU activity and discusses the development of the EAEU's trade and economic cooperation with external partners. EPA / MIKHAIL METZEL / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

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Putin defined “invincible”Hypersonic missiles, because they are difficult to intercept thanks to their very high speed

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epa09931340 Russian MIG-31 fighters, carrying a Kinzhal (Dagger) high-precision hypersonic airballistic missile fly in formation during the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2022. The Victory Day military parade will take place 09 May 2022 in the Red Square to mark the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II. EPA / MAXIM SHIPENKOV

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These are weapons potentially capable of carrying nuclear warheadsboth in the cruising version – lo Zircon – than in ballistics, the Kinzhal (pictured, MIG-31 planes carrying Kinzhal missiles)

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RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 19, 2022: A 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile test-fired by the Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov frigate in the White Sea. Zircon is the world's first sea-based missile of its kind, with a flight range of 1,000km at a speed of Mach 8-9. Russian Defense Ministry / TASS / Sipa USA

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The latest test with Zircon, as announced by the Moscow Defense Ministry – he writes Reuters – covered a distance of approx a thousand kilometers (in the photo, an archive image of a Zircon missile)

RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 19, 2022: The Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov frigate test-fires a 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile in the White Sea. Zircon is the world's first sea-based missile of its kind, with a flight range of 1,000km at a speed of Mach 8-9. Russian Defense Ministry / TASS / Sipa USA

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There speed of hypersonic missiles can be about nine or ten times that of sound (in the photo, the launch of a Russian Zircon in February 2022)

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The Russian television broadcaster Zvezda – he writes Adnkronos – he specified that the speed of the missile is “so high as to prevent the air defense system of the opponent to detect the impact in time ”

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Another test was carried out on October 4, 2021, when a Zircon was thrown by a submarine K-560 Yasen-class Severodvinsk

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Serial production of the Zircons began in November 2021

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