Russia builds an ‘unstoppable’ 4,600mph cruise missile that could sink the Royal Navy’s new £6bn aircraft carriers with a single strike
Russia has constructed a Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, according to reports
The weapon cannot be stopped by the Navy’s current defenses, experts say
Zircon could render Navy’s two new £6.2billion aircraft carriers useless
Missile is being tested and could be fitted to Russian cruisers by 2022
By CHRIS PLEASANCE
DailyMail.com
26 March 2017
Russia has built a hypersonic missile capable of destroying an aircraft carrier with a single impact, it has been reported.
Kremlin chiefs claim to have constructed a Zircon cruise missile which travels between 3,800mph and 4,600mph – five to six times the speed of sound.
Experts warn the ‘unstoppable’ projectiles could spell disaster for the Navy’s new £6.2billion aircraft carriers, the HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.
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