Supersonic missiles fly at Mach 1-5, and hypersonic missiles are almost too fast to comprehend at Mach 5+. There are reasons why a military might employ a subsonic cruise missile over a hypersonic ...

The world has taken notice of the hypersonic technology that China and Russia are touting as unstoppable. Capable of ...

While the Air Force didn't say how fast the weapon was traveling ... "The test launched a full prototype operational hypersonic missile and concentrated on the ARRW's end-to-end performance ...

So what is hypersonic? As you would guess, it means fast. Very fast. Hypersonic means it can reach speeds of Mach 5 or better (3,806 mph), which makes it ideal for hitting a target that's heavily ...

Airmen conduct preflight checks on a B-52H Stratofortress in preparation for a flight test of the Air Force's hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. (Giancarlo Casem/Air Force ...

Eliminating moving parts, hypersonic scramjets compress incoming ... such as missile systems capable of traveling at speeds too fast for conventional defense mechanisms to intercept.

Hermeus predicts its operational Chimera-powered hypersonic aircraft will cost as little as $100 million per jet. Single use fast hypersonic missilesare estimated to cost as much as $106 million each.

The Pentagon is weighing options to establish new flight corridors to test hypersonic weapons over the U.S. and Australia — and it’s eyeing the Trump administration’s urgent call for a ...