{"id":517803,"date":"2026-07-26T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=517803"},"modified":"2026-07-26T12:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:00:51","slug":"putin-says-few-countries-possess-hypersonic-missiles-like-russias-tsirkon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/putin-says-few-countries-possess-hypersonic-missiles-like-russias-tsirkon\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin says few countries possess hypersonic missiles like Russia\u2019s Tsirkon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian President <strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> said Saturday that only a handful of countries possess weapons comparable to Russia\u2019s <strong>Tsirkon<\/strong> hypersonic missile, describing it as one of the country\u2019s key strategic military assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking during a meeting with Russian Navy commanders in <strong>St. Petersburg<\/strong> ahead of <strong>Russian Navy Day<\/strong>, Putin acknowledged that the missile still requires improvements, particularly in accuracy, but said recent deployments have shown steady progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is a hypersonic missile; few countries have this type of weapon,\u201d Putin said, adding that Russia continues to refine and modernize the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Tsirkon<\/strong> is a next-generation naval hypersonic cruise missile developed by Russia\u2019s <strong>Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV)<\/strong>. According to Russian officials, it has a range of more than <strong>1,000 kilometers<\/strong> and can travel at speeds of up to <strong>10 times the speed of sound<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The missile was first deployed aboard the frigate <strong>Admiral Gorshkov<\/strong>, and Moscow has announced plans to equip additional surface warships and <strong>Yasen-M-class nuclear submarines<\/strong> with the weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that only a handful of countries possess weapons comparable to Russia\u2019s Tsirkon hypersonic missile, describing it as one of the country\u2019s key strategic military assets. Speaking during a meeting with Russian Navy commanders in St. Petersburg ahead of Russian Navy Day, Putin acknowledged that the missile still requires improvements, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":514542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2aHF","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/PUTIN-POPULARIDAD.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/PUTIN-POPULARIDAD.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}