🇷🇺

3M22 Zircon

strategic5 Genactive

Manufacturer:NPO MashinostroyeniyaIntroduced: 2023|Status: active|Origin: Russia

STRATEGICSPEC // 3M22-ZIRCON

FIREPOWER

MOBILITY

PROTECTION

SENSORS

COMBAT VALUE

UNIT COST

$8.0M

Platform Dossier & Identity

IDENTITY

Typehypersonic

Categorystrategic

Country🇷🇺Russia

ContractorNPO Mashinostroyeniya

Statusactive

Generation5 Generation

Introduced2023

Service StatusActive

Data SourceRussian Navy Surface & Submarine Fleet Weapons Review / Jane’s

Defense Tech Capability Scorecard

TACTICAL AUDIT

EW SUITE

90/100

Electronic Attack & Jamming Defense

STEALTH / RCS

82/100

Radar Signature Reduction

ACTIVE PROTECTIONPASSIVE

Hard-Kill Interception

BMS BATTLE MGMTNETWORKED

Tactical Datalink Integration

Tactical Specifications Matrix

SPEC SHEET

Length9 m

Width0.7 m

Height0.7 m

Weight3,500 kg

Max Speed11,025 km/h

Range1,000 km

Endurance0.15 hrs

Ceiling35,000 m

Fuel Capacity1,400 L

PowerplantSolid-fuel rocket booster and scramjet sustained supersonic combustion ramjet engine

Weapons & Ordnance Manifest

1 RDS AMMO

PRIMARY WEAPON

Scramjet-powered hypersonic anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile1 RDS

SECONDARY WEAPONS

Fired from 3S14 universal naval VLS cells on frigates and submarines

GUIDED MISSILES

3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile

Avionics & Sensor Suite

SENSORS

RadarEQUIPPED

Active AESA millimeter wave terminal seeker(60 km)

Fire Control (FCS)EQUIPPED

Digital Integrated Ballistic FCS

Radar Warning (RWR)EQUIPPED

Integrated Radar Warning Receiver

ECM SuiteACTIVE ECM

Active electronic jammer

Thermal & FLIREQUIPPED

Thermal FLIR • Infrared (IRST) • Night Vision

Sonar SuiteN/A

N/A (Non-Naval)

Supply Chain & Industrial Intel Sheet

MIB AUDIT

PRIME CONTRACTOR85% WORKSHARE

Defense Prime Contractor🇷🇺

PROPULSION SYSTEM🇷🇺

Solid Rocket Motor / Ramjet PropulsionVendor: Ursa Major TechnologiesThrust/Power: High-Thrust Solid Booster

RADAR / AVIONICS MANUFACTURER🇷🇺

Active Phased Array Guidance SeekerManufacturer: HensoldtArchitecture: RF / Radar Seeker

PRIMARY ARMAMENT VENDOR🇷🇺

High-Explosive Blast Fragmentation / Kinetic WarheadVendor: MBDAPayload: Guided Interceptor Warhead

SENSORS / OPTICS SUITE🇷🇺

Dual-Mode Infrared / Millimeter-Wave SeekerVendor: Teledyne FLIR

SECURE SEMICONDUCTORS🇹🇼

TSMCNode: 7nm High-Reliability Rad-Hard

Passive Armor & Countermeasures

SURVIVABILITY

Armor Compositionmedium

Armor Thickness20 mm

CountermeasuresPlasma sheath absorption during scramjet cruise, Extreme terminal velocity

Tactical Communications & Data Link

C4ISR

Tactical RadioNaval tactical encrypted datalink

Satellite UplinkEquipped

Tactical Data LinkIntegrated (Link 16/MADL)

Military EncryptionType-1 Cryptographic

Procurement & Life-Cycle Cost

COST AUDIT

Unit Purchase Cost$8,000,000

Annual Operating Cost$280,000

Annual Maintenance Cost$140,000

Operational Deployments & Operator Nations

1 Operator Nations~40 Active Units

Operator Nation	Deployment Status	Estimated Fleet Inventory
🇷🇺Russia	Domestic Operator	40units

Performance Analysis

HUD BENCHMARK

6-Axis Telemetry Ratings0-100 SCALE

Firepower

99/100

Mobility

95/100

Protection

88/100

Sensors

90/100

Reliability

85/100

Maintainability

82/100

Similar Platforms

DOMAIN PEERS

🇺🇸Dark Eagle LRHW

United States•hypersonic

CV93

🇨🇳DF-17 HGV

China•hypersonic

CV91

🇷🇺Kh-47M2 Kinzhal

Russia•hypersonic

CV90

Additional Intelligence Information

AUDIT LOG

Intelligence SourceRussian Navy Surface & Submarine Fleet Weapons Review / Jane’s

Last Verification Date2026-10-07