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Russia s vladimir putin is boasting about a new advance in that nation s nuclear arsenal, the hypersonic missile. it has the u.s. working over time on a program to match it. cnn s pentagon correspondent barbara starr has this report. reporter: u.s. defense officials say this is the real deal. russia test firing its new high-speed hypersonic missile, a missile that the u.s. military currently cannot defend against. russian president vladimir putin pulling no punches on his intent. translator: the new avann guard is defensible against today s and future air systems of the potential enemy. this is a big success and great achievement. if the weapons work as advertised, there is no current defense against them. reporter: the russian missile has captured the attention of patrick shanahan, the deputy defense secretary who will take
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