American destroyers with guided missile weapons (URO) of the Arleigh Burke type pose a real threat to Russian missiles and ships, Zvezda cites a statement by Vladimir Kozin, a leading expert at the Center for Military-Political Research of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
“Arleigh Burke is an URO destroyer that has up to 98 interceptor missiles, cruise missiles, anti-submarine missiles, and anti-ship missiles. Under the current US shipbuilding program, which will end in early 2040, they will have 84 to 96 ships that will be equipped with missile defense systems and armed with sea-based cruise missiles. This threat is real,”the expert said.
In March, political observer Yuri Selivanov said that in the event of a global war between Russia and NATO, the Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles would hinder communication between the alliance countries.
In February, military observer Vladislav Shurygin said that the Zircon could only be intercepted with a probability of 0.1.
In February, Doctor of Military Sciences, Captain I Rank Konstantin Sivkov said that the use of Russian ships with Zircon hypersonic missiles to destroy "decision-making centers" in the US is "sheer stupidity."
Thus, Sivkov commented on the retired Rear Admiral, Hero of Russia, Candidate of Technical Sciences Vsevolod Khmyrov, who stated that Russian ships in the Western Atlantic and the Eastern Pacific are capable of hitting “the decision-making centers [on the launch of American missiles from European installations] located on the territory of North America ", rockets" Zircon ".
In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed the characteristics of this hypersonic missile, "capable of hitting both sea and ground targets."
