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Old 8th Oct 2020, 12:05
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Not just the UK and US governments that recycle "good news" stories then. TASS reported a successful launch of a Tsirkon (aka SS-N-33, 3M22, and Zircon) from the Admiral Gorshkov on 27 February. https://tass.com/defense/1124339"

In accordance with the program of the Tsirkon’s state trials, the Admiral Gorshkov test-launched this missile from the Barents Sea against a ground target at one of military testing ranges of the Northern Urals in early January," one of the sources said.
The other source confirmed this information, noting that "the range of the Tsirkon’s flight exceeded 500 km."
The source also informed that the test-launches of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from seaborne delivery vehicles would be continued in 2020. "After the program of test-launches from the board of the Admiral Gorshkov is over, these missiles will be test-fired from nuclear-powered submarines," the source commented
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Full name of the ship is Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov - I may be reading too much into the SU reference. Sad to see the great man downgraded from a CV to an FF but as Sergei Georgyevich is reputed to have said "'Better' is the enemy of 'Good Enough'".

Apparently the prototypes were air launched from Tu22s -
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