Russia launched two 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles during its large-scale attack against Ukraine on Feb. 7, Oleksandr Ruvin, director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic ...

Russia has launched five 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles against Kyiv within the first three months of the year, the city's military administration reported on April 1. The statement came a ...

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 ...

Ukraine claims it has evidence Russia fired an advanced hypersonic missile – one that experts say is almost impossible to shoot down – for the first time in the almost 2-year-old war. The ...

Russia fired a Zircon missile at Ukraine earlier this month, Kyiv has said, in what appears to be the first use of the hypersonic weapon in two years of war. But with a spotty track record for ...

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Ukraine has said that Russia has stockpiled Zircon cruise missiles in Crimea which it could use to target Kyiv within a matter of minutes. Russia has claimed the missile can reach Mach 9 (6,600 miles ...

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 ...