Ukrainian officials said the missile, launched from occupied Crimea, hit a road surface on the outskirts of the city. The Air Force confirmed it was unable to intercept the missile, and its ...

The Zircon’s speed is believed to be between Mach 8 and Mach 9, making it one of the fastest missiles ever made. America has all but thrown in the towel in the great race to achieve hypersonic weapons ...

Speed is paramount in designing missiles, so engineers have worked for years to improve how fast a missile can fly. The goal is to strike a target without warning, so the faster an object, the harder ...

President Donald Trump has accused Russia of stealing U.S. plans for a hypersonic missile during the administration of President Barack Obama, telling Fox News's Sean Hannity on Jan.23 that "some bad ...

Russia said on Sunday that it had fired a Zircon hypersonic cruise missile at a target in the Barents Sea and that Sukoi Su-34 supersonic fighter-bombers had carried out strikes as part of joint ...

February 2, 2025: In late 2024 Russia was able to finally install Zircon anti-ship missiles on one of its frigates, the Admiral Golovko. The Zircon missiles are nine meters long and 60 cm in diameter.

Russia’s Zircon hypersonic missile was built as an anti-ship missile, but the Kremlin is attempting to fine-tune it to work against land targets as well. Russia leads the world in usable hypersonic ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 26 attended the launch of a new nuclear-powered submarine named Perm, various Russian news outlets reported. The submarine is the first of its kind to be ...

Russia is carrying out large-scale military drills, dubbed Zapad 2025, which kicked off on Friday. The exercises are split across Russia and key ally Belarus, as well as in the Baltic and Barents Seas ...