First infos for 3M22 Zircon Hypersonic Missile
range announced 280 nmi, 400 km less as SS-N-19 ~ 550 but more as SS-N-26/Brahmos 300 km, and mach 4.5 up to 7 i see.
For Kirov modernisation now :
When both will be in service surely one based in the Pacific.
range announced 280 nmi, 400 km less as SS-N-19 ~ 550 but more as SS-N-26/Brahmos 300 km, and mach 4.5 up to 7 i see.
hypersonic missiles Zircon (anti-surface range of 400 km).
...mach 5.0
Zircon missile. However, the weapon has a range of at least 250 miles and will likely be capable of speeds greater than Mach 5.0.
For Kirov modernisation now :
When both will be in service surely one based in the Pacific.
Modernisation of the nuclear missile cruiser Peter the Great (1144 Project) should start in 2019 at Sevmash (Severodvinsk). It is especially intended to equip the ship vertical launch tubes (3S-14 UKSK, Russian VLS) can implement Kalibr missile, Oniks missiles and hypersonic missiles Zircon (anti-surface range of 400 km). The ship should be delivered to the Navy in 2022. Comment: Sevmash carries since June 2013 in the modernization of the other cruiser of Project 1144, Admiral Nakhimov, whose delivery to the Navy is scheduled for 2018. The hypersonic missile 3M22 zircon is expected to reach Mach 5.0, and should replace the P-700 Granit.
The Russian Navy is set to upgrade its nuclear-powered Project 11442 Kirov-class battlecruiser Pyotr Veliky with a new hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile. The new Mach 5.0-capable 3M22 Zircon missiles would replace the ship’s existing 390-mile range P-700 Granit supersonic anti-ship missiles.
“The Pyotr Veliky will start repairs in the third or fourth quarter of 2019. Repairs and upgrade are due for completion in late 2022, the ship to be equipped with Zircon hypersonic anti-ship missiles,” a Russian . “The missile is undergoing development testing and will enter service if it passes,” he added.
There is very little information available about the performance of the Zircon missile. However, the weapon has a range of at least 250 miles and will likely be capable of speeds greater than Mach 5.0. Given its sheer speed, the Zircon will be extremely difficult to intercept with current missile defense technology.
Both Pyotr Velikyi and its sister ship Admiral Nakhimov—which is currently being refurbished—are being upgraded with the new hypersonic weapon. Admiral Nakhimov, which will reenter operational service in 2018, will be the first of the Russian goliaths to be equipped with the Zircon.
When reenter service, their current missile launch systems will be replaced with ten 3S-14 vertical launch systems—each of which carries eight rounds. Indeed, Sevmash—the shipyard refurbishing Admiral Nakhimov—signed a contract earlier last year with Almaz-Antey to provide those systems. The addition of the 3S-14 would enable each ship to carry eighty cruise missiles onboard.
While the Zircon would give the two Kirov-class battlecruisers greatly improved firepower against surface ships, the warships are also being provisioned with long-range Kalibr cruise missiles. Those weapons, which were recently used against Moscow’s enemies in Syria would afford the giant warships a very potent land-attack and long-range anti-surface warfare capability.
Meanwhile, both ships will also receive an upgraded air defense capability with the addition of a naval variant of the and the mid-range Poliment-Redut missile systems. Earlier reports had suggested that the warships might receive the developmental.
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(previous page), the land-strike capabilities of the "Kalibr" (now very well-known), ... I wonder if they're going to replace the AA defense based on the "Fort" with the "Redut" (100+ km range of 9М96Е2 missiles), too?
