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Runaway1956 writes:

Pravda reports on a super-advanced aircraft which could be real or could be propaganda:

This top-secret aircraft, known as the U-71, is part of Project 4202 of the Russian missile program. There is very little information about the aircraft. Supposedly, the aircraft can develop the speeds of up to 11,000 kilometers per hour. This glider aircraft is also said to be super-maneuverable and capable of entering near space.

The tests of the new aircraft still continue, although it is already believed that Russia will take a nuclear advantage of the USA with the help of the new type of weapon by 2025.

[...] The information about the project leaked only in February 2015. Pentagon officials admitted that the new Russian weapon would ruin the plan for a missile defense system around Russia. To make matters worse, the new weapon would make the USA absolutely defenseless.

The U-71 is a hypersonic aircraft equipped with electronic warfare system. It will be able to fly across the USA in minutes and disable all electronic detection stations on the way.

Nothing technical here, folks, the article doesn't make any specific technological claims, or explain how the aircraft works.

The article is interesting, as well as the audio link on the page, in that it makes a pretty plain statement. The only way to negotiate with Washington, is to make Washington fear you.

I'm not convinced the aircraft exists, and certainly not convinced that it is capable of what is claimed. It's going to knock out all of our electronic defenses in one pass? Really?

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