New Russian frigates will be armed with hypersonic missiles – Navy head

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Traveling nine times faster than the speed of sound, the Zircon can hit targets up to 1,000 kilometers away.

All new Russian navy frigate and corvette class vessels will be equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles, Chief Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov announced on Thursday. He did not, however, reveal the exact number of warships the navy expected to receive the weaponry.

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