hypersonic Tsirkon missiles

Russia undertook test-firing of around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine recently. The Zircon missile would be capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and have a range of 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) and can travel at a speed of Mach 8–Mach 9, that is 8 […]