Stripping the #Zircon Mystique
Russia markets the 3M22 Zircon as a scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile that outpaces American technology. The open-source evidence tells a quieter story. Debris forensics, an absent air intake, a solid-propellant award decree, and a verified patent trail point to a solid-fuel maneuvering quasi-ballistic missile — fast, precise, hard to intercept, but not the waverider Moscow…

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