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Admiral Gorshkow test fired Zircon hypersonic missiles from the western Atlantic

Will Stewart and Jack Newman – Daily Mail Jan 25, 2023

Vladimir Putin‘s nuclear armed navy frigate has staged war games with a ‘hypersonic missile launch’ in the western Atlantic.

The Admiral Gorshkov armed with ‘unstoppable’ Mach 9 Zircon missiles conducted an ‘electronic’ launch at an ‘enemy surface target’ after allegedly deviating from its route and sailing towards the US.

Admiral Gorshkov deviated from planned route and sailed West to where its hypersonic missiles could be launched ti successfully strike America’s eastern coast. Click to enlarge

The exercise, seen on a Russian defence ministry video, involved a drill firing of the deadly weapon, which Putin claims has ‘no equivalent in the world’ at a range of over 560 miles.

Terrifying footage showing the navy preparing for a nuclear launch as the hatch opening in preparation for the deadly missile.

‘The electronic launch and the work by the shipborne combat team confirmed the missile system’s designed characteristics demonstrated during preliminary and state trials,’ stated the vessel’s captain Igor Krokhmal.

The vessel has been closely monitored by NATO navies on its mission armed with the 6,670mph Mach 9 weapon which has a maximum 625 mile range.

A day earlier reports said that the Gorshkov had made an unexpected diversion in the Atlantic amid Putin’s war with West-backed Ukraine.

Earlier this month, the frigate was escorted through British waters by the Royal Navy, and French and Spanish ships then escorted it through the Atlantic.

It was scheduled to head south past South Africa to the Indian Ocean then enter the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal.

An unconfirmed Russian Telegram channel report says the warship was ‘spotted on radar in neutral waters of the Atlantic Ocean – at an effective salvo launch distance from the US coast’.

The Russian defence ministry has not commented on the Navodka channel claim.

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