Admiral Golovko Frigate to Become First Carrier of Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile

The Admiral Golovko, the Russian Navy’s third Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate (Russian designation Project 22350), will become the first carrier of Tsirkon hypersonic missiles, a defense industry source announced. “It is planned that Admiral Golovko will become the first standard carrier of Tsirkons,” the source said. The Admiral Golovko, the third Project 22350 frigate, was laid on February 1, 2012 and floated out on May 22, 2020. The Admiral Gorshkov and the Admiral Kasatonov frigates are already operational. Another six frigates are under construction.  Frigates of project 22350 are designated to fight submarines and warships in oceans and seas and…