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Stratolaunch achieves separation of hypersonic vehicle from the Roc Carrier PlaneThe company has achieved the successful separation of its hypersonic vehicle from the Roc Carrier plane. The preparations for this test was...
Race for fastest weapon heats up as US Air Force successfully tests hypersonic weapon in the PacificThe US Air Force recently conducted a successful test of an air-launched hypersonic weapon in the Pacific Ocean, aiming to keep up in the h...
Explainer: Why is North Korea testing hypersonic missiles and how do they work?North Korea has tested a new solid-fuel hypersonic missile with intermediate range, featuring a conical manoeuvrable reentry vehicle (MaRV)...
China leading in hypersonic weapons: US defence officialsChina's hypersonic arsenal includes the DF-17, a medium-range ballistic missile with a hypersonic glide vehicle that has a range of 1,600 k...
How hypersonic missiles work and the unique threats they pose - an aerospace engineer explainsA second important challenge stems from the fact that they operate in a different region of the atmosphere from other existing threats. The...
Russia, China more advanced than US in hypersonic technologies: American officialThe United States is not as advanced in hypersonic technologies as Russia or China, US Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson s...
China's hypersonic missile 'went around the world' in July: Top US military officialThough the Chinese weapon missed its target by several kilometers, according to the Financial Times, the test marked the first time any cou...
Russia test fires Zircon hypersonic missileHypersonics can travel more than five times the speed of sound and manoeuvre in mid-flight, making them much harder to track and intercept ...
India among select few countries developing hypersonic missiles: US Congressional reportThe independent Congressional Research Service (CRS), in a latest report this week, said that although the US, Russia and China possess the...
China says it tested hypersonic 'vehicle', not 'missile' as previously reportedThe missile missed its target by about two-dozen miles, according to three people briefed on the intelligence. But two said the test showed...
China joins heated race for new missiles, vies with US, RussiaThe Financial Times reported on Saturday that China had launched a rocket carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle that flew through space, circ...
China surprises U.S. with hypersonic missile test, reports sayThe report late on Saturday said the Chinese military launched a rocket carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle that flew through low-orbit spa...
North Korea's 'hypersonic' missile: what we knowHypersonic missiles can manoeuvre in mid-flight, making them much harder to track and intercept than traditional projectiles.
US successfully tests nuclear-capable hypersonic missileThe Pentagon said a test missile flew at hypersonic speeds -- more than five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5 -- to a designated impact ...
China tests three hypersonic missiles at one goThe tests of three scaled-down models of "wide-speed-range vehicles", which can fly at from hypersonic velocity to lower than the speed of ...
China successfully tests first hypersonic aircraftChina has successfully developed and tested a cutting-edge hypersonic aircraft that rides its own shock waves, authorities said on Monday.
The US And China are in a race to develop next-generation hypersonic missilesIf ever made operable, these weapons would be able to to travel five times faster than the speed of sound and cover a range of several thou...