Putin deploys new Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles from Arctic to Atlantic
A frigate armed with the missiles has sailed from Severomorsk in the Russian Arctic, officials said.
January 4, 2023
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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin sent a frigate from a naval base in the Arctic to the Atlantic Ocean armed with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles on Wednesday, a signal to the West that Russia will not back down over the war in Ukraine.
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