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Russia's hypersonic missile ratchets up arms race
Russia's planned 7,400 kilometer per hour (4,600 mile per hour) hypersonic missile is such a "quantum leap in technology," it could potentially render Western anti-aircraft defenses "obsolete," defense analyst Tim Ripley told DW.
If the new anti-ship technology succeeds, Zircon will be able to cover a distance of 250 kilometers (155 miles) in just 2.5 minutes - so fast as to make it almost immune to interception by conventional technology.
"It will greatly reduce the reaction time that they (Western military units) have to deploy their own defenses and counter-measures," said Ripley, who covers defense issues for "Jane's Defence Weekly" magazine.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russias-hypersonic-missile-ratchets-up-arms-race/ar-BBz2jG3?li=AA4Zpp&ocid=spartanntp
