Russia’s Newest Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile ‘Zircon’ To Radically Shift Balance Of Power On High Seas – OpEd

By Mikhail Khodarenok*

The Zircon hypersonic missile will reportedly be tested three more times by the end of the year. Fired from the Russian Navy frigate Admiral Gorshkov, it will be expected to strike an ‘aircraft carrier’ type of naval target.

The first of the three planned tests is expected to take place in late...