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PostPosted: 05/16/20 10:55 am • # 1 
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Trump touts new 'super duper' missile but Pentagon won't confirm details
By Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr,

President Donald Trump on Friday boasted that the US military is developing a new "super duper" missile that he claimed can travel 17-times faster than anything in the current arsenal, a claim the Pentagon was unwilling to confirm.

"We are building, right now, incredible military equipment at a level that nobody has ever seen before. We have no choice. We have to do it -- with the adversaries we have out there. We have a -- I call it the 'super-duper missile.' And I heard the other night, 17 times faster than what they have right now," Trump said at a White House event to sign the 2020 Armed Forces Day Proclamation.

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POTUS rolled out "Super Duper Missile" today, to be used by Space Force! According to highly respected DOD sources, Super Duper Missile will be something very special. Other Nations ignore Super Duper Missiles at their peril! #Neato

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Pentagon reluctantly comments on hypersonic weapons after Trump brags about new ‘super duper missile’
US president claims rocket 17 times faster than anything in military’s arsenal

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The Pentagon has reluctantly commented about its development of hypersonic weapons after Donald Trump bragged about the existence of a new “super duper missile”.

Mr Trump’s comments came during a Friday presentation at the White House in which Defense Department officials presented the US president with the Space Force flag.

“We’re building right now, incredible military equipment, at a level that nobody’s ever seen before, we have no choice we have to do it, with the adversaries we have out there,” Mr Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“We have, I call it the ‘super duper missile’, and I heard the other night 17 times faster that what they have right now. Then you take the fastest missile we have right now. You heard Russia has five times, and China is working on five or six times, we have one 17 times, and it’s just gotten the go-ahead.”

The Department of Defence initially declined to comment, referring enquiries to the White House, which in turn ....

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