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.
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