On February 20th, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially revealed the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile.It has been in development since 2011. This comes at a time when tensions between the U.S & Russia has increased many folds due to the U.S decision to withdraw from the INF Treaty blaming Russia for non-compliance. Please refer to the video on the above card to know the details of the INF Treaty or Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia One TV channel has now listed possible U.S assets that could be targeted by Zircon. Let's get into the details. As per President Putin’s address in the Russian Federal Assembly, the Zircon is capable of reaching speeds of Mach 9. So it is much faster than a bullet fired from a sniper rifle, actually almost 3 times the speed of a sniper’s bullet. The kinetic energy alone will rip a ship apart like a tin can. Mr. Putin stated that the missile has a range of over 1000 km (620 miles). It is interesting to note that the speed, as we
Indian Navy secretly commissioned a huge high-tech surveillance ship. The vessel formerly only known by the code designation VC-11184 is now designated INS Dhruv. With this, India has joined the elite club of nations that has this kind of ship - till now the United States, France, Russia, and China — possessed such ship.According to the reports, the ship would be operated by India’s technical intelligence agency NTRO (National Technical Research Organization), the DRDO (Defense Research and evelopment Organization), and the Indian Navy.The involvement of NTRO, which is a top-tier intelligence-gathering organization indicates that INS Druv has clandestine roles to play. INS Dhruv was was laid down June 2014 under a covered drydock in Visakhapatnam by government-owned Hindustan Shipyards Limited. It is thought to be delivered in 2018 and completed sea trials the year after. The ship has length of 175 meters which is almost as long as two football fields and has a displacement of