Hypersonic missile “zircon” from next year will begin to enter service with the Russian fleet to equip surface ships and submarines. The first full-time carriers of the new weapons have also been identified.
This summer, the Ministry of Defense decided on the first regular carrier of hypersonic missiles “zircon” among surface ships. It turned out to be a project frigate 22350 “Admiral Golovko”, being completed on “Northern shipyard” and planned for transfer to the fleet in 2022 year. But there was no official information about the first underwater regular carrier of new missiles.
but, as stated by a source in the defense industry, to which TASS refers, the military has already decided on the first full-time underwater carrier “zircons”, it will be a multi-purpose nuclear submarine “Permian” project 885M “Ash-M”. at what, allegedly, the submarine will receive a modified design. What exactly will it be, source did not explain.
note, that the mention of the nuclear submarine “Permian” as a regular carrier “zircons” not the first, at the end of March, another source in the defense industry spoke about the same. There is no official information on this.
Multipurpose nuclear submarine “Permian” project 885M “Ash-M” pledged 29 July 2016 of the year, is currently under construction “Sevmash”. Construction details not given., according to preliminary plans, the submarine will join the fleet in 2025 year.