Test firing of the Zirkon missile from Admiral Gorshkov's frigate “. Photo : Global Look Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin demonstrated his military trump card to the United States and his message should make Americans nervous, writes the PolitRussia portal with reference to the Chinese publication Baijiahao.
The publication refers to the Russian hypersonic missile “Zirkon “, which in China is considered Moscow's main trump card against the United States. “Russia showed the 'sword' and Putin directly 'pulled out' his trump card – the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile,” writes the author of the article.
According to the Chinese journalist hypersonic missile is the “killer” weapon of the Russian army, which has no analogues in the world. The publication reminded that not a single army in the world has yet come up with a system capable of intercepting a missile flying at a speed of up to Mach 9.
Zirkon's range reaches a thousand kilometers , states the article specifies.According to Chinese military experts, if Russian troops will deploy submarines equipped with zircons in neutral waters 400 kilometers from the US coast, then the missiles will easily “reach” the capital of the United States. It will take just four minutes to attack Washington and destroy government and military facilities, the publication said.
Earlier, Putin's announcement about the imminent start of deliveries of Zircon hypersonic missiles to the Russian armed forces caused panic in Russia. UNITED KINGDOM. On July 31, in a speech in St. Petersburg, the Russian president announced the delivery of hypersonic missiles to the Russian military in the coming months. The first ship to undertake combat duty with Zircon will be Northern Fleet Admiral Gorshkov's frigate.