Screenshot from
video by TV Zvezda
Northern Fleet frigate test-launched
hypersonic cruise missile across the Kola Peninsula
The Tsirkon missile was launched from
the White Sea, hit a naval target in the Barents Sea, and reached a speed of
Mach 8.
By
Thomas Nilsen
October 07, 2020
Chief of the General Staff of Russia’s Armed Forces,
General Valery Gerasimov, reported about the missile test directly to President
Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
This is not the first time a zircon missile is
launched from the Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Gorshkov, but
according to Gerasimov it is the first time such missile is launched from a
warship and hits a target located at sea, Kremlin affiliated news-agency TASS reports.
It was a direct hit at the sea target, military TV channel Zvezda reports.
The Defense Ministry has posted a video of the
missile launch showing Admiral Gorshkov sailing
speedily at the time of launch.
Sjekk video her: https://tinyurl.com/y5zn5awb
The Tsirkon missile (3M22) was flying at
a maximum altitude of 28 km over the Kola Peninsula before the target hit,
located at a range of 450 km from the launch position. Mach 8 is eight times
the speed of sound.
A blogsite monitoring maritime warnings issued by Murmansk-
and Arkhangelsk port authorities has identified the closed-off zones in the
Barents- and White Seas for the period of the Tsirkon test.
The target was located outside the coast of the Kola
Peninsula, somewhere between Dalniye Zelentsy and Lumbovka. Admiral
Gorshkov was sailing south of the Kola Peninsula in the waters
somewhere between Sosnovka and Varzuga.
White Sea launch area. Map by @MatchlessMan410
The 3M22 Tsirkon cruise missile (NATO name SS-N-33) is
a scramjet-powered anti-ship hypersonic cruise missile to be onboard both submarines
and surface warships of the Russian navy.
Admiral
Gorshkov first time test-launched the
missile in January this year, from a position in the Barents Sea to a target
inland in the Komi Republic.
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