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Russia ‘ready to use hypersonic weapon again’ after Ukraine fires US-made missiles at airfield

Russian president Vladimir Putin. Photo: Reuters

Russian president Vladimir Putin. Photo: Reuters

Lidia Kellly

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Russia said yesterday that Ukraine had struck a military airfield on the Azov Sea with six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, a move that could prompt Moscow to launch another experimental intermediate-range hypersonic missile at Ukraine.

Russia’s defence ministry said two of the missiles fired by Ukraine were shot down by a Pantsir missile-defence system and the rest were destroyed by electronic warfare.

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