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Ukrainian intelligence dossier suggests Zircon is a solid-rocket missile, not a scramjet
NPO Mashinostroyeniya3M22 Zircon
Ukraine's military intelligence published a breakdown of Zircon listing a 3L2211 solid-fuel rocket motor from NPO Iskra and no air-breathing engine, and wreckage analysis found what looks like a second-stage solid motor. If correct, Zircon is a manoeuvring quasi-ballistic missile rather than the scramjet cruise missile Russia describes, though the evidence is not conclusive.
- Names 70 enterprises and 84 people in the missile's development and production.
- GUR figures: Mach 8-9 maximum, about 26 ft long, roughly 265 lb warhead.
- Foreign parts found include an amplifier tied to TriQuint (now Qorvo) and an Altera FPGA.