Russia shows off Zircon hypersonic cruise missile in Arctic test-launch
The missile was fired from the Barents Sea and hit a target in the White Sea, Russia's defense ministry said.
May 30, 2022
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Russia successfully test-fired a hypersonic Zircon (or “Tsirkon“) cruise missile over a distance of about 1,000 kilometers (625 miles), the defense ministry said on Saturday.
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