The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers will not be able to stop new high-speed Russian missiles by the time they enter service. The new Zircon missile can reportedly travel at five to six times the speed of sound, using a state of the art “scramjet” engine, which takes the oxygen it needs for propulsion from the atmosphere instead of a tank on board.  This makes it smaller, lighter and faster than other engines of its type.

Sorgente: Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers cannot stop Russia’s new hypersonic Zircon missiles | The Independent