March 21, 2022

In the never-ending quest to find weapons that will give a country the power it needs to knock out its adversaries, a new type of weapon has emerged: ultra-fast ‘hypersonic’ missiles that can hit targets anywhere on Earth within an hour.

Using cutting edge technologies that have only just been perfected, these new weapons are billed as “unstoppable”.

Now Russia has said it launched its Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile at, among other targets, a weapons depot in western Ukraine – making it the first country to ever test this type of missile in combat.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/3/21/hypersonic-missiles-what-are-they-and-why-is-russia-using-them