Russians using Hypersonic Missiles in Ukraine

[Ross365]

This claim is being made on the BBC News website. Such missiles are currently unstoppable; they fly too fast (at least Mach 5). This is a really good article on them https://partyardmilitary.com/2019/05/10/hypersonic-missiles-what-are-they-and-can-they-be-stopped/

They've been in the development phase for quite a long time, but proved hard to do. Recalling how effective the (ancient) Exorcet missiles were in the Falklands, Hypersonics are scary. The Russians have suggested they will have an "inter-continental" system with a hypersonic on the top of it soon. That would make conventional ICBM's like Trident obsolete .

 

[stuvy]

This claim is being made on the BBC News website. Such missiles are currently unstoppable; they fly too fast (at least Mach 5). This is a really good article on them https://partyardmilitary.com/2019/05/10/hypersonic-missiles-what-are-they-and-can-they-be-stopped/

They've been in the development phase for quite a long time, but proved hard to do. Recalling how effective the (ancient) Exorcet missiles were in the Falklands, Hypersonics are scary. The Russians have suggested they will have an "inter-continental" system with a hypersonic on the top of it soon. That would make conventional ICBM's like Trident obsolete .

Just read that and if the USA won’t continue pursuing it I doubt the Russians have mastered it
Going by the current state of affairs at least

Obviously excluding the initial space race