According to the Defence Ministry of Russia said in a statement that it had carried out another successful test launch of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, hailed by President Vladimir Putin as part of a new generation of unrivalled arms systems.
As per details, In its second test in a fortnight, The Zircon hypersonic cruise missile was fired from the Admiral Gorshkov warship in the White Sea and hit a naval target more than 400 km (250 miles) away.
A short video clip showed the missile illuminating the night sky with a burst of white light.
It must be noted that the US, China and North Korea are also involved in the contest to hypersonic missiles, the next generation of long-range weapons that are harder to detect and intercept, Hypersonic cruise missile travel at more than 5 times the speed of sound in the upper atmosphere, or around 6,200 km/hour (3,850 mph).
The Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an array of new hypersonic weapons back in 2018, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a U.S.-built missile shield.
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