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Citat:Source: the first launch of the Zircon missile from a submarine will be performed from the White Sea in October
According to the source, depending on its results, the second launch is planned in November from under water to a sea target.
MOSCOW, September 30. /TASS/. The first test launch of the underwater version of the Zircon hypersonic missile will be performed from the Northern Fleet's Severodvinsk nuclear submarine from the surface of the White Sea in October. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
"The first launch of the Zircon from the Severodvinsk submarine as part of flight design tests (LKI) will be performed from a surface position in early October. Depending on its results, the second launch is planned in November from under water to a sea target," he said.
According to him, the first launch from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine, which was planned in September, was postponed to October due to the need to carry out all the technical preparations for it.
The NPO Mashinostroyeniya (part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation), where the Zircons were developed and manufactured, did not comment on this information to TASS.
According to the source, until the end of 2021, a total of two launches of the Zircon from a nuclear submarine are planned, and next year tests from an underwater carrier will continue. The source also noted that state tests of this missile from a surface carrier are planned to begin in November, and in 2022 they can be continued, after which the planned delivery of missiles to the Russian Navy will begin.
Earlier, the Zircon LKI from the surface carrier, the lead frigate of Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov, was successfully completed.
Contract for the supply of Zircons
On August 24, during the Army-2021 international military-technical forum, a contract was signed for the supply of Zircons to the Russian Defense Ministry. As Alexander Leonov, General Director and General Designer of NPO Mashinostroeniya, told TASS, this contract will be fulfilled until 2025. On the sidelines of the forum, he noted that the missile "is unified, can be used both from surface ships and submarines." According to Leonov, "the difference [is] only in the type of launcher used on surface ships or submarines."
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