UK aircraft carrier defenses can only handle missiles that are half the speed of new Russian hypersonic missiles
by brian wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#2N01V)
Russia's 3M22 Zircon wil attach at Mach 6, or 4,600 miles per hour. The Sea Ceptor defensive missiles on the Queen Elizabeth-class carriers can only intercept targets traveling up to Mach 3, or about 2,300 miles per hour.
The Zircon has an estimated range of 250 miles. Russia is also developing hypersonic missiles with 400 to 500 mile range.
