VLADIMIR PUTIN has successfully tested his new deadly hypersonic missiles, which are capable of hitting targets in the US within minutes of being fired.
The Kremlin has confirmed that the missiles will now go into production next year.
A military source told the Russian state news agency TASS: “Flight trials (of the Zircon) from Admiral Gorshkov have been completed successfully.
“A total of four launches have been made. All missiles hit the ‘bullseye’.”
TASS then added: “Trials of the Zircon missile are planned to be finished in 2021, while serial production of the new weapon is expected to commence in 2022.”
Russia has successfully tested its new hypersonic missiles (Image: Getty)
A rocket launches from a S-400 missile system at the Ashuluk military base (Image: Getty)
Hypersonic weapons have the ability to substantially transform future warfare.
The missiles can travel at speeds of up to Mach 5 or higher, which is at least five times faster than the speed of sound.
That means a hypersonic weapon can travel about one mile per second.
Its velocity, as well as its flat trajectory and ability to manoeuvre in flight, make the missiles far more difficult to intercept.
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A display of a flight of the warhead of the Avangard hypersonic boost-glide weapon (Image: Getty)
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