Russia has successfully test-fired a hypersonic Zircon cruise missile over a distance of about 1,000 kilometres

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The missile was fired from the Barents Sea north of Russia and Scandinavia

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Video released by the ministry showed the missile being fired from a ship and blazing

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President Vladimir Putin has described the Zircon as part of a new generation

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Hypersonic weapons can travel at nine times the speed of sound and Russia has conducted

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previous test launches of the Zircon from warships and submarines in the past year.

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The launch was the latest in a series of tests of Zircon, which is set to enter service later this year.

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Zircon is intended to arm Russian cruisers, frigates and submarines and could be used against

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Both enemy ships and ground targets. It is one of several hypersonic missiles under development in Russia.

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Russian officials have boasted about Zircon's capability, saying it is impossible to intercept

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