"Without warning": The West is panicked by Putin's new order
According to the magazine "Military Observer", after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the mass production of submarine cruisers, the Yasen-M submarines equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles can pose a serious threat to enemy fleets.
"Combined with the Yasen-M's noiselessness and its ability to stay at sea for months, Zircon allows the vessel to pose a very serious threat to well-protected enemy ships, and this can be done almost anywhere in international waters, with almost no warning," the material says.
At the same time, the author pointed out that the range of Zircon makes the missile extremely difficult to intercept.
Zircon is the world's first sea-based hypersonic cruise missile, which reaches nine times the speed of sound. These missiles have been equipped on the 22350 frigates, the latest 885M Yasen-M multi-purpose submarines, as well as the Admiral Nakhimov missile cruisers undergoing modernization and the 949A Antey submarines.
On Thursday, during a meeting on the development of the submarine fleet, Putin instructed to continue the mass production of the Yasen-M nuclear submarines. The head of state pointed out that the Yasen-M multi-purpose submarines form the basis of the navy's general force strike potential. He added that the missile nuclear submarines of the project are equipped with high-precision weapons, and have modern navigation, communication and sonar means.
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