Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen a test of a new hypersonic missile, declaring that the weapon is impossible to intercept and will guarantee the country's security over the coming decades.
Speaking to Russia's military top brass on Wednesday after watching the live feed of the launch of the Avangard system from the defence ministry's control room, Putin said the test was a "great success" and an "excellent New Year's gift to the nation".
According to the Kremlin, the missile was launched from the Dombarovskiy missile base in the southern Ural Mountains and hit its target on a test site in Kamchatka, about 6,000km away.
[...] When first presenting it, the Russian president said the new missile system has an intercontinental range and can fly in the atmosphere at 20 times the speed of sound, bypassing the enemy's missile defence. He emphasised that no other country currently has hypersonic weapons.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @05:06PM (1 child)
Do continue to argue which of the two halves of same party is better, while China copies whatever american designed garbage they haven't copied in last 20 years and Russia bypasses your useless defense budget with these.
Look at Pakistan, that is what American future looks like!
Ahahaha.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @09:48PM
I know the US has been a bully and imperialistic warmonger but your anger has driven you a little crazy.
The world must work together for a better future, ramping up economic and military warfare will just be bad for everyone. This hypersonic missile changes nothing as a retaliatory attack will still result in nuclear winter. As another addition to the MAD arsenal it is fine, makes it even harder for one country to feel confident they could get away with an attack and defend against the retaliation.