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Russia successfully tests 'unstoppable' 4,600mph hypersonic weapon that is [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 31, 2017 | Phoebe Weston

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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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: aeronautics; aerospace; aviation; hypersonic; hypersonicjet; hypersonics; missiles; projectiles; russiaweapons
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To: Redwood71

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


61 posted on 01/11/2018 2:48:18 PM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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To: Redwood71

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


62 posted on 01/11/2018 2:48:20 PM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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To: Redwood71

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


63 posted on 01/11/2018 2:48:20 PM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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To: Redwood71

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


64 posted on 01/11/2018 2:48:21 PM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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To: Redwood71

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


65 posted on 01/11/2018 2:48:22 PM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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To: Redwood71

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


66 posted on 01/11/2018 2:48:23 PM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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Sorry for all the repeats - can’t figure out how that happened.


67 posted on 01/11/2018 2:51:09 PM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buarsh)
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