TASS quoted a Russian defence source and reported that all the 10 trials of M-22 Tsirkon or Zircon anti-ship hypersonic missile will take place in 2020-2021 out of which seven to eight will be carried out from Admiral Gorshkov frigate. Russia and India are also jointly developing a hypersonic version of the BrahMos missile.
Russia’s M-22 Tsirkon or Zircon anti-ship hypersonic missile will be test-fired at least 10 times in the next few months before it is inducted into service by 2022. According to Russian news agency TASS, Tsirkon, which had travel at speeds up to Mach 9 (over 11113 kilometres per hour), will be fired from naval warships and submarines as part of the trials. Read More…
