Zircon involves an “mortar” launch followed by a booster stage, propelling missile to high altitudes & achieving hypersonic velocities, its flight altitudes of several tens of kilometers, Zircon attains a constant speed of up to 5.5 Mach, mitigating thermal stress in the rarefied atmosphere. Warhead fact:: it's warhead weight, approximately 100-150 kg with upto 40kg of explosive material, is lower tha anti-ship missiles.
Questions against larger naval vessels, like destroyers or aircraft carriers. Considering rates, Zircon’s cost may soar to a dozen million, resource-intensive development suggests limited production capacity, potentially a few dozen to a hundred units annually. In contrast to propaganda claims, Zircon’s suitability complexity & higher resource demands may reduce production, underscoring the challenges facing its deployment.
Meanwhile Ukrainian Special Ops destroyed a Russian BUK surface-to-air missile system in the Zaporizhzhia southern part of the country. Special Ops Command from 3rd Separate Special Regiment named after Prince Sviatoslav the Brave detected BUK missile during reconnaissance ops, In response special operatives engaged & used precision-guided HIMARS rocket artillery unit to shot down.
BUK system, Gadfly by NATO, a versatile SA-11 mobile medium-range surface-to-air missile system developed by Russia. Is designed to safeguard field troops & logistical installations from aerial threats. BUK system boasts capability to engage a wide range of airborne targets including tactical strategic, like aircraft, cruise missiles, helicopters, & others aerial threats, ffective extends it's environments to challenging included electronic countermeasures.
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