The hypersonic missile defense test, designated Flight Test Other-40 (FTX-40), was executed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility ...

Ahead of Thursday's hypersonic missile test, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a mysterious four-hour flight restriction for unspecified "space operations” on Thursday afternoon ...

Yes, the Department of Defense conducted a hypersonic missile test from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. The nickname that the Army has given to the missile is Dark Eagle.

China has a hypersonic cruise missile, the DF-17, with an unconfirmed speed range between Mach 5 and 10. Reminiscent of Sputnik I flying high overhead in October 1957, folks in the West took ...

Simply put, hypersonic weapons are any missile that travels beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound. Ballistic missiles, fired high up or outside the earth’s atmosphere, routinely reach ...

Last year, Chinese state-run media outlets claimed that Beijing had developed an AI-enabled hypersonic missile built to counter the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation B-21 “Raider” stealth bomber.

In contrast to aircraft and subsonic missiles, the Navy’s hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missile reaches a 2,200 nautical mile distant target in 30 minutes.

The following is the May 15, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Hypersonic Missile Defense: Issues for Congress. From the report The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Space ...

Hypersonic missiles, unlike ballistic missiles, don't have to leave the atmosphere to reach their targets. These weapons, capable of reaching speeds up to Mach 5, can make quick course corrections ...

Iran is boasting that it has hypersonic missiles and says it already has begun firing the cutting-edge weapons at Israel. There is no evidence that Iran has unleashed the missiles, and experts are ...