While the war between Ukraine and Russia continues, the whole world closely follows the negotiations between the two countries. In addition to those who expressed their concerns about the transformation of the Ukraine-Russia tension into the Third World War, Russia shared new images of the Zircon hypersonic missile, which can carry a conventional or nuclear warhead. In the images that made the headlines of the British press, a video of a missile launched from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate in the White Sea was shown.
“CAN HIT LONDON IN 5 MINUTES”
The news in the British newspaper The Sun included Russia’s sharing by showing hypersonic missiles. The newspaper article was presented to its readers with the headline “Russia has released images of a hypersonic nuclear missile that can hit London in 5 minutes”. In the news, which included the structure and scope of the missiles, it was said that the missile could reach a speed of about 10 thousand kilometers.
The images shared on TV Zvezda, the television channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense, attracted the attention of the world. For the missiles in question, TV Zvezda said, “The speed of the Zircon hypersonic missile is so high that the enemy air defense system cannot detect it in time and block it.”