Russia's new nuclear-capable, intercontinental weapon that can fly at 27 times the speed of sound enters combat duty, bolstering the country's nuclear strike capability.
, and noted the country was leading the world in developing an entire new class of weapons, unlike in the past when it was catching up with the US.
The Defence Ministry said last month it demonstrated the new technology to a team of US inspectors as part of transparency measures under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty nuclear arms treaty with the US. China has tested its own hypersonic glide vehicle, believed to be capable of traveling at least five times the speed of sound. It displayed the weapon called Dong Feng 17, or DF-17, at a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese state.
The administration also planned to study the idea of basing interceptors in space, so the US could strike incoming enemy missiles during the first minutes of flight when the booster engines were still burning.
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