“Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
What PolitiFact found
Russia has deployed hypersonic missiles in its war against Ukraine, while the U.S. is still developing hypersonic missiles. But Russia’s hypersonic missiles are considered primitive, while the U.S.'s will be advanced.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Vivek Ramaswamy (Republican presidential candidate) made this claim around 19 October 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 October 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Vivek Ramaswamy has 19 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 10 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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