MOSCOW — A prospective Russian hypersonic missile has been successfully test-fired from a nuclear submarine for the first time, the military said Monday.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Severodvinsk submarine performed two launches of the Zircon cruise missile at mock targets in the Barents Sea.
It first test-fired Zircon from the surface, and then launched another missile from a submerged position in the White Sea.
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