Russia claims it has successfully tested hypersonic missile which makes Western defences obsolete [View all]
Source: The Independent
Harriett Marsden
According to government-controlled news agency Sputnik, the missile system - known as Zircon - could be installed on Pyotr Veliky, the country’s nuclear-powered missile strike ship.
The hypersonic missiles are a “quantum leap in technology,” defence analyst Tim Ripley’s told DW.
They can travel faster than any other missile on the planet, up to 4,600mph, which is almost 66 times the speed of sound and enough to practically guarantee they cannot be targeted or intercepted.
Mr Ripley explained that this effectively rendered Western defences, such as the anti-missile systems aboard new Royal Navy carriers the HMS Prince of Wales and the HMS Queen Elizabeth, “obsolete”.
“It will greatly reduce the reaction time that they (Western military) have to deploy their own defences and counter-measures," he said.
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