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The frigate is armed with Zircon missiles, which fly at nine times the speed of sound and have a range of more than 1,000km (620 miles). The missiles form the centrepiece of Russia's hypersonic arsenal, along with the Avangard glide vehicle that entered combat duty in 2019. "Admiral Gorshkov' ... will go to the logistic support point in Syria's Tartus, and then take part in joint naval exercises with the Chinese and South African navies,"