Has Russia Beaten the U.S. in the Hypersonic Missiles Race?
By Brendan Cole On 12/4/21 at 5:00 AM EST
In half boast, half warning, Vladimir Putin's comment Russia will have a sea-based hypersonic missile in service in 2022 was a full-throated signal to the west, especially when he said any NATO deployment to Ukraine would cross a "red line."
The latest testing of Russia's Tsirkon 3M22 missile this week coincides with the build-up of tens of thousands of Russian troops by Ukraine's border, amid fears an assault by Moscow is more likely than in April when it last massed its troops there.
Ever decrying an encroachment on Russia's own borders by the alliance, Putin told an investment forum this week if the flight time from Ukraine to Moscow was five minutes "in the case of a hypersonic weapon being deployed," his country could respond in kind.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-vladimir-putin-hypersonic-missiles-weapons-u-s-tsirkon-1655789?piano_t=1
