The Sun:

VLADIMIR Putin has staged a “successful” test of a new interceptor rocket that can “destroy U.S. space missiles”.

A chilling video showed the launch of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system at the Sary Shagan test site in Kazakhstan.

The system is designed to protect against attacks from ballistic missiles which are usually fired into a high sub-orbital spaceflight before re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

Major General Sergei Grabchuk said the new rocket can travel at a speed of over three km per second – more than four times faster than a bullet from an AK47…



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