FATIMA WATCH: Russia’s new hypersonic weapon likely to be ready for war by 2020
A Russian weapon the U.S. is currently unable to defend against will
be ready for war by 2020, according to sources with direct knowledge of
American intelligence reports. The sources, who spoke to CNBC on the
condition of anonymity, said Russia successfully tested the weapon,
which could carry a nuclear warhead, twice in 2016. The third known test of the device,
called a hypersonic glide vehicle, was carried out in October 2017 and
resulted in a failure when the platform crashed seconds before striking
its target. The latest revelations come more than two months after
Russian President Vladimir Putin touted his nation’s growing hypersonic
arsenal as “invincible.”
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