China on February 25 successfully tested the DF-27 - a new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile - according to a Pentagon document leaked by Jack Teixeira.
The16ft 5in missile will be able to go as fast as 2.5 times the speed of sound at about 32,800 feet for 124 miles before diving and skimming across the waves for up to miles.
Speaking on Russia s Navy Day aboard a vessel in St Petersburg, Putin praised Russian Tsar Peter the Great for making Russia a great sea power, and boasted of capability of the hypersonic weapons
Hypersonic missiles travel at more than five times the speed of sound in the upper atmosphere. The benchmark speed for a hypersonic missile is 3,850 mph - though the most effective ones travel much faster.