Launching a zircon missile by a Russian ship. Photo: Tass capture
Russia has launched a Zircon hypersonic cruise missile on a Barents Target during Zapad 2025 military exercises, the Moscow Ministry of Defense, quoted by the TASS State Agency, said on Sunday.
According to the quoted source, the launch of the “Zircon” rocket on a maritime target was performed by the crew of the “Admiral Golovko” ship in the northern fleet of Russia.
“Адмирал головко” ударил “црконом” по условному противнику в баренцевом В рамках учений “Запад-2025”: https: //t.co/r5nymfgzsg
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“In the common strategic exercise” Zapad-2025 “, the various forces of the northern fleet launched a missile attack on a hypothetical enemy in the Barents,” Russian officials said.
The area in which the rocket shooting was carried out was priorly closed for civil navigation and air flights.
“The indication of the target to the control point of the attack forces group was carried out by a TU-142 maritime patrol plane of the mixed northern fleet.
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