The test comes as the Trump administration is pushing for the deployment of a next-generation missile defense shield.

Follow the Missile Defense Agency's efforts to deliver the U.S. Navy a capability to defuse hypersonic missile threats.

The United States recently tested anti-hypersonic defense tactics to counter the threat posed by hypersonic weapons. The test ...

USS Pinckney spearheaded the test by using the SBT Increment 3 capability within Lockheed's Aegis Combat System.

Artificial intelligence will have a profound impact on missile developments and defence, but integration is still years away.

March 14 (Reuters) - A Russian missile struck a residential area in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, injuring 11 people, including two children, the regional governor said.

They are to be able to intercept planes, but also medium-range ballistic missiles as well as hypersonic weapons travelling at above five times the speed of sound. A single Aster 30 missile is ...

The United States Navy’s famed stealth destroyer, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), is being retrofitted to carry the service’s first-ever hypersonic missile. The works are planned for all three of ...

Japan has revealed plans to develop and produce a variety of cutting-edge long-range missiles to fortify its defenses against China. The contracts have been signed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ...

The Pentagon claimed that the hypersonic support sale “will not alter the basic military balance in the region.” Alongside the activation of new missile and sealift units in the region was a ...

Other weapons were solid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, spy satellites and multi-warhead missiles.

Work is currently being done on air-breathing hypersonic missiles, capable of mach 7-8, which should be in the arsenal in 2-3 years, these are far superior to Russia's. Nelson March 11, 2025 07:33 PM ...