The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck in Kiev the rockets "Zircon": what secrets revealed their fragments - Defense Express

According to sources, ZI22 "Zircon" still has a hypersonic reactical jet engine. "That is," Zircon ", unlike the X-47" dagger "is still a hypersonic missile that can maintain a constant hypersonic speed. Not only for a short time to accelerate to it at the cost In the company. After the launch and the output of the rocket from the mine, the acceleration degree provides the removal of "zircon" to a height and a speed at which the hypersonic engine can operate.

The rocket flies at an altitude of several tens of kilometers and is gaining a constant speed of up to 5. 5 mac. Flight in a sparse atmosphere reduces thermal load through friction against the air. "But the speed of 5. 5 mac for" Zircon "is not maximum because in the area the target begins a dive and briefly accelerates to 7. 5 mac. - experts explained. Closer to the Earth, the speed of "zircon" decreases to the high - 4. 5 mach.

That is, the real possibilities of the new Russian rocket do not correspond to what they have been declared. In the Kremlin, it was possible that "Zircon" can gain speed up to 9 strokes, in fact, such an indicator does not reach. Russia assured that a new hypersonic rocket will be able to beat 1000 kilometers. According to experts, you can now talk about range only 700 kilometers.

It is the conditions where Zircon is launched from the coastal missile system of the mine base "UES", also known as "Object-100". Defense Express is that the final stage of 4. 5 Mach is "more than significant". "For comparison, the Soviet X-22, which the Russian Federation also uses for strikes in Ukrainian cities, has a speed of up to 2-2. 4 mac. Experts. However, modern anti -aircraft missile systems with missile defense capabilities allow to "neutralize" missiles of this type.

Currently, it is not known which "Zircon" has a guidance system. Earlier, experts suggested that the rocket was equipped with an active radar head. This was confirmed by the weapon test. "But there are some opportunities to get a more accurate answer to this question, because electronic components have also been found among the wreckage of rockets," the company reported. We will remind, in the morning on March 25 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked Kiev rockets.