BOMBS AWAY
US Army to equip first HYPERSONIC missile ‘five times the speed of sound’ this year in arms race with China and Russia
Harry Pettit, Senior Digital Technology and Science Reporter
10 Feb 2021, 12:47
Updated: 10 Feb 2021, 14:05
THE US military is equipping a new type of high-tech missile that s too fast to shoot out of the sky, a service official has revealed.
The Army hopes to deliver the hypersonic weapon, which travels at over 3,800mph, before the end of the year.
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Speaking to DefenseNews, Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood said that an Army unit is already being sent equipment to train soldiers to use the missile.
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UNLEASH HAVOC
Russian and Chinese space weapons could plunge West into DARK AGES with crashed economy and mass blackouts, experts warn
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Updated: 17 Dec 2020, 15:05
RUSSIAN and Chinese space weapons could unleash havoc in a satellite attack which could cost the UK some £1billion a day, experts have warned.
It is feared an orbital onslaught could shut down hospitals, crash the economy, knock out communications, and cause mass blackouts.
Space tech is becoming a new arms race as nations roll out anti-satellite weapons, ground-based lasers and GPS jammers which experts say all pose a significant threat to the West.
Leading boffins painted a bleak picture to The Sun Online of a devastating attack involving these devices which have stepped from the pages of science fiction.