Posted on 05/31/2017 7:26:01 AM PDT by C19fan
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.
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Zoom in and take a good look. What looks to be the exhaust nozzle where the wings come straight back from the fuselage reminds me of something that would be mounted on a booster rocket of some sort. Makes sense. Rocket launched to get it up to speed, then operated as a hypersonic drone. No need for refuelling
Zoom in and take a good look. What looks to be the exhaust nozzle where the wings come straight back from the fuselage reminds me of something that would be mounted on a booster rocket of some sort. Makes sense. Rocket launched to get it up to speed, then operated as a hypersonic drone. No need for refuelling
Zoom in and take a good look. What looks to be the exhaust nozzle where the wings come straight back from the fuselage reminds me of something that would be mounted on a booster rocket of some sort. Makes sense. Rocket launched to get it up to speed, then operated as a hypersonic drone. No need for refuelling
Zoom in and take a good look. What looks to be the exhaust nozzle where the wings come straight back from the fuselage reminds me of something that would be mounted on a booster rocket of some sort. Makes sense. Rocket launched to get it up to speed, then operated as a hypersonic drone. No need for refuelling
Zoom in and take a good look. What looks to be the exhaust nozzle where the wings come straight back from the fuselage reminds me of something that would be mounted on a booster rocket of some sort. Makes sense. Rocket launched to get it up to speed, then operated as a hypersonic drone. No need for refuelling
Zoom in and take a good look. What looks to be the exhaust nozzle where the wings come straight back from the fuselage reminds me of something that would be mounted on a booster rocket of some sort. Makes sense. Rocket launched to get it up to speed, then operated as a hypersonic drone. No need for refuelling
Sorry for all the repeats - can’t figure out how that happened.
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