Russian Navy to Receive World’s First Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile

Two aging Russian Navy battlecruisers will be outfitted with the anti-ship version of the world’s first hypersonic missile, the 3K-22, which carries Zircon (or Tsirkon) 3M22 hypersonic warheads. This hypersonic missile will also arm Russian ballistic missile submarines. With a claimed speed of Mach 5 or 6,200 km/h, the 3K-22 has a range of 450 … Read more