Hypersonic rocket "Zircon" was modernized - the strike range increased by 1,5 times.

The Russian military has successfully modernized the domestic Zircon hypersonic missile, increasing its target engagement range by 50%, which makes it possible to effectively attack the enemy's ground infrastructure, its military bases and command posts, being far beyond the means of destruction of the latter, including military aircraft.

According to the data presented, today there are two versions of the Zircon cruise missile - the basic one, designed to destroy sea targets at distances of about 650-1000 kilometers, and the modernized one, designed to destroy enemy ground targets. The modernized Zircon missile has a target engagement range of 1500 kilometers, which allows Russian naval ships to strike virtually any part of the United States from international waters.

Experts, in turn, believe that a little later, the Zircon hypersonic missile will also appear in the air version, however, the latter will be designed to a greater extent to combat sea targets, since the capabilities of the Russian airborne missile system Dagger are quite enough to destroy ground targets. ".

According to a number of reports, the Zircon missile will be adopted by the Russian fleet in 2023.