Russian navy's guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov, front, arrives in the port city of Qingdao, China, on April 21, 2019. Russia successfully test-launched the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from the warship on Feb 27, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

MOSCOW - Russia has test-launched the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from a warship for the first time, TASS news agency reported on Thursday.

After the program of test-launches from the Admiral Gorshkov is over, the missile will be test-fired from nuclear-powered submarines

The missile was fired in early January from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate in the Barents Sea against a ground target over 500 km away, TASS said, quoting two sources in the defense circle of the country's northwestern Federal District.

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After the program of test-launches from the Admiral Gorshkov is over, the missile will be test-fired from nuclear-powered submarines, it added.

In February 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country was successfully developing the new weapon.

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Putin said then that the Tsirkon missile fired from surface ships or submarines can reach a speed of approximately Mach 9 (about 11,000 kph) and strike a target more than 1,000 km away underwater or on the ground.