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Russia to equip new nuclear subs with hypersonic missiles
Russia is in the process of equipping its new multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project with hypersonic missiles, namely SS-N-33 Zircon (Russian; NATO reporting name). Currently, work in this direction is already underway. Yasen-class submarines, also known as Project 885M, are nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines, built to replace Soviet-era nuclear attack submarines as part of…