don't get mistaken this is a moment you might be tempted to hope the story crushes cutting edge evan guard hypersonic missile system is now officially deployed for combat duty said a gay shade who reported about that to president vladimir putin it is only so far about one regiment unclear when or even other russian army's parts will be upgraded the evan guard is a hypersonic blighter that is said to be able to penetrate any those existing and prospective defenses let's take a look at some of the key features all these truly revolutionary weaponry the often god hypersonic vehicle can fly it up to 20 times the speed of sound an i.c.b.m. will take it to an altitude of several dozen kilometers from where it can dive head 1st back to earth a top speed with ak crop like maneuverability dodging and missile defenses in contrast when other existing ballistic missiles reenter the atmosphere they fly at a pre-set trajectory making the targets for a.b.m. systems less money russia showcased its truly top notch weaponry of unguarded mysel system to a team of u.s. military inspector is really unprecedent

next february and theories are it may not be extended to american experts had a unique access to evan guard myself system for 2 whole days it is unclear so far how or if it influences washington's position this is what weidner putin had to say about russia's advanced weaponry and. when usually when ukraine is to assume that today there is a unique situation in a new and contemporary history other countries now have to catch us up no other country in the world has a hypersonic weapon nobody has a hypersonic weapon with a coast to coast range that used russia's successful development and tests of really advanced weapons caused quite a stir in washington where it was 1st announced last year but moscow ease retreat in all the time that it is only looking for better relations with america especially in the field of strategic cooperation. our security analyst and former u.k. army officer chance to bridge explain what might be behind this display of military might. this is an important part of strategic deterrence in terms of having the capability to overcome u.s. anti-ballistic missile systems an

it can fly a $27.00 times the speed of sound russia says it's really deployed evan guard miss out is the world leader in hypersonic weapons so how will it affect the global arms race this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dead you know russia says its new hypersonic weapon is a technological breakthrough on the scale of sputnik the 1st satellite launched by the soviet union in 1967 president vladimir putin says the atom guard can easily bypass missile defense systems on its way to a target through sharp maneuvers and that's worrying the u.s. that's also having to contend with china's development of hypersonic arms beijing displayed the dongfeng 17 at a military parade in october and the u.s. defense secretary has said developing the technology is a priority well president putin says moscow is no longer playing catch up. if we want to be victorious our equipment must be pieces of the equipment of other countries it's not a game of cheese we can put up with a dribble our equipment must be the beast we can strive for the age we're striving for that a key developments

there's only so far about one regiment unclear when or even other russian parts will be upgraded the evan guard is a hypersonic glider that is said to be able to penetrate a need for those existing and prospective defenses let's take a look at some of the key features all of these truly revolutionary weaponry the oven god hypersonic vehicle can fly it up to 20 times the speed of sound an i.c.b.m. will take it to an altitude of several dozen kilometers from where it can dive head 1st back to earth a touch beat with ak crop like maneuverability dodging and missile defenses in contrast when other existing ballistic missiles reenter the atmosphere they fly at a preset projector rate making the targets for a.b.m. systems last month russia showcased its truly top notch weapon we have been guard mysel system to a team of u.s. military inspector is really unprecedented move they explained it was an attempt to revitalize the key new start treaty nuclear arms reduction agreement the only one left between russia and america it expires next february and theories are it may not be extended to american exper

it can fly a $27.00 times the speed of sound russia says it's merely deployed evan guard miss out is the world leader in hypersonic weapons so how will it affect the global arms race this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dating russia says its new hypersonic weapon is a technological breakthrough on the scale of sputnik the 1st satellite launched by the soviet union in 1967 president vladimir putin says the add on guard can easily bypass missile defense systems on its way to a target through sharp maneuvers and that's worrying the u.s. .

reporter: and putin continues to flex its military might and its new hyper sonic missile known as evan guardas been placed into combat duty. >> the real challenge is the speed it moves and the fact it's maneuverable and difficult to detect. you have something coming in very fast able to evade defenses you may not know about until the last minute. that poses a real challenge for u.s. defenses. >> reporter: avant-garde was part of a plan for sophisticated new weapons putin unveiled last year including a nuclear drone that could carry a warhead from a nuclear submarine. tonight, there are broader concerns about the trump-putin relationship, not only because of pu tins efforts to interfere in 2016 and 2018 and warnings about the next election but "washington post" saying trump believed a false narrative putin was pushing that ukraine was behind the election campaigns. >> he wants to divide this nation and president trump and he continues to do this with friendly calls and support. >> reporter: analysts are now worried about the moves putin might pull in then months ahead that he might try to pul

warhead the russians say the evan god weapon can also make evasive turns after being fired into orbit by need a formidable match for many defense systems russia says the other guard secures its position as a world leader in hypersonic weapons the u.s. and china says they're developing similar weapons. an extremely rare visitor literally from out of this world is about to get as close as it gets to aus covered borisov used used to be around 290 kilometers from earth any time now it's only the 2nd object from another sol the system ever seen in this one it's only one of the half kilometers long but its toll stretches 416-0000 or solves already sped past the sun at all now has a lot asked mars on its lonely journey back into deep spice a us t.v. news crew is captured the moment a truck crashed into an early a pileup on the side of a highway in. the a. it happened in heavy fog in the state of texas you can see a police officer at a person in the truck were injured both have been treated in hospital. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories a huge bomb blast has killed and injured dozens of people in somalia in one of the worst attacks in years 79 people have