{"id":157097,"date":"2021-12-25T09:47:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T01:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=157097"},"modified":"2021-12-25T09:47:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T01:47:58","slug":"russian-pres-putin-hails-multiple-launch-test-of-hypersonic-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=157097","title":{"rendered":"Russian Pres Putin hails multiple launch test of hypersonic missile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2021\/12\/24\/image-35308-1640364894.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0MOSCOW, Dec 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; President Vladimir Putin said the Russian military successfully fired a simultaneous salvo of its Zircon hypersonic missiles, calling it &#8220;a big event&#8221; for the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As world powers race to develop advanced weaponry, Russia has carried out a number of successful tests of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was however the first time that Russian authorities reported a successful simultaneous launch test of several Zircon missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a government meeting on Friday, Putin said that the salvo launch of the missile had been conducted overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The tests were conducted successfully, immaculately,&#8221; Putin said in televised remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is a big event in the life of the country and a considerable step in strengthening Russia&#8217;s security and improving its defence capability,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesman for the Russian defence ministry could not provide further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia, the United States, France and China have all been experimenting with so-called hypersonic glide vehicles &#8211; defined as reaching speeds of at least Mach 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin revealed the development of the new weapon in a state of the nation address in February 2019, saying it could hit targets at sea and on land withing a range of 1,000 kilometres at a speed of Mach 9. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\" alt=\"facebook sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\" alt=\"twitter sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/messenger.svg\" alt=\"messenger sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/whatsapp.svg\" alt=\"whatsapp sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/sharethis.svg\" alt=\"sharethis sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0MOSCOW, Dec 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; President Vladimir Putin said the Russian military successfully fired a simultaneous salvo of its Zircon hypersonic missiles, calling it &#8220;a big event&#8221; for the country. As world powers race to develop advanced weaponry, Russia has carried out a number of successful tests of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. This was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":157098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157097"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/157098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}