Russia Orders Tsirkon Missiles As Putin Vows to Put Weapons on ‘Combat Alert’

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Mach-9 3M22 missile (the Tsirkon hypersonic missile) launching from the Admiral Grigorovich
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Russia’s Defense Ministry has signed a deal with a contractor to deliver the Mach 9 Tsirkon hypersonic missiles to Russian troops by 2025, as President Vladimir Putin has vowed to put the weapons on “combat alert.”

“A government contract on the delivery of the 3M22 missile (the Tsirkon hypersonic missile) has been signed,” the defense ministry said in a statement shared with Russian state news agency TASS on Tuesday.

“The contract has been handed to CEO of the Research and Production Association of Machine-Building Alexander Leonov at the [Army-2021] international military-technical forum.” Read more

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