The Russian hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyenia Zircon or 3M22 turned out to be useless.
So, “Zircon” is capable of carrying only “Admiral Gorshkov”, and experts found a “weak spot” in such a ship, which could cause the ship to quickly die.
The publication “Military-Industrial Courier” published material, the authors of which claim that due to the limited range of the “Zircon”, “Admiral Gorshkov” cannot imperceptibly approach the aircraft carrier strike group on which the strike is planned. The range of the Zircon missile is 400–600 kilometers. But the only carrier-aircraft carrier is difficult to approach 600 kilometers to fire a hypersonic missile launcher. It will be noticed by the carrier-based AWACS aircraft “Hawkeye” on the round-trip. Aviation AUG will rise into the air. Their arsenal will be enough to sink the Project 22350 frigate. The relevance of the use of a hypersonic missile has become questionable.
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