Russia testing hypersonic nuclear glider that holds 24 warheads and travels at 7,000mph

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
By Paul Martin

MOSCOW is developing a hypersonic nuclear glider that can penetrate Nato’s missile defence system, according to claims on a Russian website.

By TOM BATCHELOR
Express.co.uk
Wed, Jun 15, 2016

Travelling at up to 7,680 miles per hour – theoretically capable of travelling from Moscow to London in around 13 minutes – the highly-manoeuvrable Yu-74 can deliver atomic warheads to a precise target through any defensive shield set up by an enemy nation to block approaching missiles.

Tests on another hypersonic aircraft, Yu-71, were completed last year – part of Russia’s secret missile program codenamed Project 4202.

Russia has made hypersonic vehicles a defence priority, especially given the opening of Nato’s first defensive missile shield in Romania.

When completed, the Atlantic alliance’s defensive umbrella will stretch from Greenland in the far north of Europe to the Azores in the south.

The move has provoked the ire of Russian defence chiefs who claim the shield will threaten peace in Europe.

A second Nato shield is due to open in Poland in 2018.

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