Russia yesterday said that it successfully test fired a Zirkon hypersonic cruise missile from a nuclear submarine for the first time.<br />''<br />''The Russian Defence Ministry said, the Severodvinsk submarine performed two launches of the Zircon cruise missile at mock targets in the Barents Sea. It first test-fired Zircon from the surface and then launched another missile from a submerged position in the White Sea.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Lauding as part of a new generation of unrivaled arms systems, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, Zircon would be capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and have a range of 1,000 kilometres.</span><br />