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Putin Hails Successful Test Of Russia's New Hypersonic Missile

posted by takyon on Friday December 28 2018, @08:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-getting-cold-again dept.

janrinok writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by redneckmother on Friday December 28 2018, @06:25PM (2 children)

    by redneckmother (3597) on Friday December 28 2018, @06:25PM (#779408)

    Nah, we'll just make the (imaginary) " border walls" higher. That'll fix everything :).

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday December 29 2018, @12:45AM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Saturday December 29 2018, @12:45AM (#779537) Homepage
    I think I saw that on the Simpsons Movie, didn't?
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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @01:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29 2018, @01:09AM (#779543)

    They'll never get through ICE before they run out of fuel.