Donald Trump touts new 'Super Duper Missile' that will be 17 times faster than current ones

Donald Trump has touted a new "super duper" missile which will be 17 times faster than current capabilities.

The president said the US was “building right now incredible military equipment".

He said: "We have, I call it, the Super Duper Missile, and I heard the other night, 17 times faster than what they have right now, when you take the fastest missile we have right now.

"You’ve heard Russia has five times, and China’s working on five or six times, we have one 17 times and it’s just gotten the go ahead.

"Seventeen times faster than what we have right now. Fastest in the world by a factor of almost three. Space is going to be the future both in terms of defence and offence. We're now the leader in space."

The White House declined to release any further details of the missile.

A Pentagon spokesman said he had "no information" to release.

In February Mr Trump spoke publicly about "super-fast" US missiles that were "four, five, six, and even seven times faster than an ordinary missile."

Mr Trump spoke about the "super duper" missile at the unveiling of a flag for the Space Force, the newest branch of the US armed services.

Pentagon officials presented Mr Trump with the Space Force flag during a short Oval Office event.

The dark blue and white flag includes elements intended to evoke the vast recesses of outer space.

The Space Force, which was officially established in December, is the first new military service since the US Air Force was established in 1947.

Mr Trump has made clear he sees the newest service as critical to the future of American defence.