President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday (31) that the Russian navy will receive hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles in the coming months and that the area of their deployment will depend on Russian interests.
Speaking at Russian Navy Day in the former imperial capital of St. Petersburg, Putin praised Tsar Peter the Great for making Russia a great maritime power. Putin did not mention Ukraine directly.
But the Kremlin chief said he signed off on a new Navy doctrine, the details of which were not published, and praised the Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles as unique in the world.
“The delivery of these (missiles) to the Russian armed forces will begin in the next few months,” Putin said. “The frigate Admiral Gorshkov will be the first to enter combat service with these formidable weapons on board.”
“The main thing here is the capability of the Russian navy… It is capable of responding with lightning speed to anyone who decides to infringe on our sovereignty and freedom.”
Hypersonic weapons can travel at nine times the speed of sound, and Russia conducted earlier tests of the Zircon of warships and submarines last year.
Source: CNN Brasil
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