A global arms race is occurring, and the Americans are in the unenviable position of being on the defensive.

The North Korean leader said the test "cannot be ignored." LONDON -- North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday claimed a successful test of a new type of intermediate-range ...

Kratos' Erinyes hypersonic test bed took its first flight last summer, reaching hypersonic speeds above Mach 5. (Kratos) The Pentagon awarded defense-technology firm Kratos a contract worth up to ...

Facing threats from China, Taiwan has reportedly developed a new hypersonic missile which can travel at speeds of Mach 6. The new hypersonic missile – named Qingtian – has a range exceeding 1243 miles ...

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"Due to the short range and compact geography of the Korean Peninsula, hypersonic missiles are unlikely to perform optimally," Lee said, explaining that the operational environment in the Peninsula, ...

Uncle Sam is getting his rear-end kicked by the Russians and Chinese (heck, even the North Koreans are starting to outdo the ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike remote targets in the Pacific as leader Kim Jong Un ...

Last year's tests featured a new solid-fuel design and carried what Pyongyang said was a hypersonic glide vehicle, a warhead designed to be able to maneuver and evade missile defenses. Reuters is ...

Images published by North Korean state media on Tuesday claimed the successful launch of a new hypersonic missile meant to bolster the nation's "nuclear war deterrent"—but officials in the South ...