re: Putin says he will aim his new hypersonic weapons @ US because of increasing hostility

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these weapons are pretty bad arse, and we can only hope that the US defense is being a little coy with how far along they are.

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I tend to believe the same. Nobody knew about the stealth fighter/bomber program until the first gulf war, 10 years after their first maiden flights. Truth be said, we probably have the same hypersonic weapons and possibly (hopefully) a defense against such an attack.