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Russia news: Putin tests hypersonic MISSILE it says is ‘invincible to Nato defence system’
RUSSIAN authorities have released details of five devastating new weapons which Vladimir Putin, who yesterday was invited by the White House to Washington, says are “invincible” to Nato’s defences.
- Charlie Moloney
- Express
Broadcast by Moscow’s defence ministry on Russian state media, the videos include footage of the Poseidon nuclear submarine; a hypersonic guided missile which can be fired into the earth’s atmosphere; and a fighter jet releasing a missile which ignites and accelerates into the distance.
The accelerating missile is called Kinzhai and has been tested at least 12 times, and Russian president Putin has called it an…