WW3 arms race: Russia leading ‘HYPERSONIC’ arms race with unstoppable missiles – Daily Star

RUSSIA is ahead in the "hypersonic" arms race with the US as its deadly unstoppable missiles near deployment.

Scientists claim Putins "hypersonic" nukes are "far more advanced" than the US equivalent.

Russia's cutting-edge Sarmat missiles are due to enter into service as soon as 2018.

The new missile will be twice as light as the Voyevoda it replaces and will also be lightning-fast in comparison.

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The results are better than those of the US

The improved performance of the new missiles will mean they are capable of penetrating the high-tech US THAAD missile defence system.

"The results are better than those of the US," director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Siberian Branch Vasily Fomin said on Wednesday.

Fomin also claimed that Russia's missiles were capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound.

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While Alexei Leonkov told the Sputnik news agency: "The missile system which is about to enter into service is a fifth generation system.

"Its characteristics are so impressive that our opponents have reason to be afraid of it.

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"They will fly to their target at hypersonic speeds performing maneuvers so that the existing American missile defense system would be incapable of intercepting them."

Leonkov also said the new missile would have a range of 11,100 miles, meaning they could easily strike US cities from Russian soil.

The news will come as a massive blow to Donald Trump as it was revealed yesterday that North Korea also possessed missiles capable of breaching the THAAD defence system.

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