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| Subject: Russia Successfully Tests ‘unstoppable’ 4,600mph Hypersonic Weapon Faster than ANY Global Anti-missile System Wed May 31, 2017 10:15 pm | |
| Russia has launched five successful flights of a hypersonic jet that is capable of destroying an aircraft carrier with a single impact, according to a new report. The Zircon cruise missile travels between 3,800mph and 4,600mph – five to six times the speed of sound – and puts Russia ‘half a decade’ ahead of the US’, the report says. This makes it faster than any anti-missile system, including those that are expected to appear in the next two decades. Russian military analyst Vladimir Tuchkov said: ‘In Russia, the testing of actual weapons is already underway.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4557934/Russia-successfully-launches-unstoppable-cruise-missile.html#ixzz4igW65HTX |
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