Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially commissioned the nuclear-powered submarine Perm, the first of its kind to be equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles.
The event took place via videoconference from the Arctic port of Murmansk. Putin gave the launch command by declaring, “I hereby authorize!” as Perm was inducted into the Russian navy.
The submarine was built at the Sevmash Shipyard. Perm is the sixth Yasen-class submarine and the first to be specifically...