The frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov armed with Tsirkon hypersonic missiles embarked on its long-distance deployment on January 4
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that in the western part of the Atlantic the frigate had practiced a strike with a Tsirkon hypersonic missile on a sea target more than 900 kilometers away
The Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov, which carries the hypersonic Zircon missile, is headed for the KwaZulu-Natal coast to take part in a naval exercise.
It is reported that the naval task force composed of the frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the medium sea tanker Kama is carrying out its combat patrols under the command of Northern Fleet Missile Ships Division Commander Captain 1st Rank Oleg Gladky