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Added on the 29/11/2021 12:26:38 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of a hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile as Russia announces that it has successfully tested the launch of the missile from a submarine. Moscow has in recent years touted the development of futuristic weapons that it hopes will give it the edge in any arms race with the United States at a time of growing tensions with the West. IMAGES
US State Department spokesman Ned Price slams Russia for conducting a "dangerous and irresponsible" missile test that blew up its own satellite, creating a debris cloud that forced the International Space Station's crew to take evasive action. SOUNDBITE
Russia touts its new hypersonic missile, capable of travelling at the speed of more than 30,000 kilometres per hour, as tensions escalate between Moscow and Washington over arms control. IMAGES of hypersonic missile being launched
North Korea releases video of its latest missile launch, giving analysts a chance to test Pyongyang's claim of a breakthrough that brings the whole of the US within range of a nuclear strike. IMAGES
China successfully conducted a flight test this week of its DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle, according to a report in the Washington Free Beacon.