Russia will equip new submarines with hypersonic missiles: official

MOSCOW, Russia: Russia will equip its new nuclear submarines with hypersonic Zircon missiles, according to Alexei Rakhmanov, chief executive officer of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), according to RIA state news agency.

"Multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project will be equipped with the Zircon missile system on a regular basis," Rakhmanov said.

"Work in this direction is already