Un nuevo lanzamiento desde buque del misil hipers\u00f3nico 3M22 Tsirkon, fue realizado por Rusia a principios de noviembre. Es el 7mo lanzamiento\u00a0 concretado desde Ene 2020 hasta la fecha, siempre desde la moderna fragata Clase Gorshkov. En el ensayo se teste\u00f3 la performance de este Misil de Crucero S-S Anti \u2013 Buque, batiendo con \u00e9xito un blanco a 400km. Seg\u00fan las autoridades rusas, el misil capaz de alcanzar velocidades de hasta MACH 9, cumpli\u00f3 con los par\u00e1metros de dise\u00f1o establecidos, por lo que estar\u00eda en la etapa final de aceptaci\u00f3n, para entrar en servicio en la Armada Rusa. Se estima que ello ocurrir\u00e1 a principios de 2022, ya que a\u00fan restan al menos 5 ensayos operativos.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s Tsirkon hypersonic missile was successfully test-launched in the White Sea, according to a statement issued by Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry earlier this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe test-fire was conducted from the White Sea against a target position located at a distance of over 400 km,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThe data recorders indicate that the hypersonic missile flight\u2019s complied with the designated parameters. The test-launch from the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov has been successful and the target has been wiped out.\u201d The statement was accompanied by a brief video of the test launch, published on Monday by the Defense Ministry\u2019s\u00a0YouTube channel<\/a>. The eighteen-second clip shows what appears to be a Tsirkon missile being launched in nighttime conditions. The launch comes shortly on the heels of another Tsirkon test from\u00a0Admiral Gorshkov\u00a0<\/em>on November 18; that test launch was also accompanied by a brief\u00a0video<\/a>, filmed in a similar style to the one that succeeded it. In keeping with standard Russian military practice, Northern Fleet vessels and naval aviation units were dispatched to cordon off the area.<\/p>\n Russian navy officials previously announced that the Tsirkon missile has entered its final stage of acceptance trials, with five test launches planned from November to December. Russian state media reported earlier this week that the first serial batch of Tsirkon missiles has entered production in the town of Reutovo, located in the broader Moscow region.<\/p>\n The 3M22 Tsirkon, also known as Zircon and by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization reporting name SS-N-33, is a winged, hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile that entered state trials in 2018. The missile was unveiled, along with four other advanced weapons systems, by Russian president Vladimir Putin during his\u00a02018 state-of-the-nation address<\/a>. The upcoming missile can reportedly reach speeds of up to Mach 9, or around 6,900 miles per hour, and is widely speculated to boast an effective range of up to 1,000 kilometers against any target.<\/p>\n The Northern Fleet\u2019s Admiral Gorshkov<\/em>, the lead ship of the Project 22350\u00a0Admiral Gorshkov<\/em>-class frigates<\/a>, has served as a frequent testbed for Tsirkon, launching the missile at least seven times from January 2020 onward.<\/p>\n According to prior Russian media reports,\u00a0Admiral Golovko<\/em>, the third\u00a0Admiral Gorshkov<\/em>-class frigate, will become the Russian navy\u2019s first carrier of Tsirkon missiles. The missile is expected to make its way to many of Russia\u2019s latest and most advanced vessels, including the\u00a0Piotr Velikiy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Admiral Nakhimov\u00a0<\/em>battlecruisers, the\u00a0Buyan<\/em>-class corvettes, and their\u00a0Karakurt<\/em>-class successor, and the new\u00a0Yasen-M<\/a>\u00a0nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines.<\/p>\n