Ukraine claims it has evidence Russia fired an advanced hypersonic missile – one that experts say is almost impossible to shoot down – for the first time in the almost 2-year-old war.

The mineral zircon is the oldest known piece of Earth existing on the surface today. The oldest bits date back as far as 4.37 billion years — not too far from the age of Earth itself at about 4. ...

Putin has touted Russian hypersonic weapons like the Zircon missile as impossible to defend against. Zircon in particular is powerful but there are limits on what it can do, a Western expert says ...

Russia has lauded the Zircon throughout its development. Russian sources have claimed it is capable of travelling at Mach 9, or nine times the speed of sound, for up to 1,000 kilometers (620 miles).

The Zircon hypersonic missile is part of Russia’s broader modernization effort. The system represents an indigenously produced weapon that is able to overcome current NATO air defense systems.

A preliminary analysis concluded that Russia hit Kyiv last week with the hypersonic Zircon missile, its first use in the nearly two-year-old war, the head of a Kyiv research institute said on ...

Ukraine said on March 27 that Russia has Zircon hypersonic missiles in Crimea which could strike Kyiv within minutes. The remains of a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2023.

The Russian Ministry of Defence’s recent announcement that a Gorshkov-class frigate armed with the 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile will be deployed drew a good deal of international ...

Vladimir Putin has launched a new nuclear-powered submarine equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles capable of travelling at several times the speed of sound. Russian state TV footage from the ...