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 ...

While hypersonic missiles certainly increase the risk that U.S. Navy ships would face in a war against China, no true expert would argue “100% the carrier is dead,” Shugart said.

The US Air Force has tested a hypersonic cruise missile in the Pacific for the first time, in what analysts say is a signal to China that Washington still competes in a weapons arena where many ...

Hypersonic weapons are frequently described as having unique, game-changing capabilities because they combine hypersonic speeds (more than five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5) with long-distance ...

The United States successfully conducted a hypersonic missile defense test near Hawaii on Monday as Washington's adversaries are racing to field this type of superfast weapon.

The U.S., Russia and China are in the middle of a hypersonic arms race — and right now, the U.S. is losing. But private companies are stepping up to develop hypersonic tech that shifts the edge ...

Authors of a 2021 report wrote, "Hypersonic weaponry represents the most significant advancement in missile technology since ICBMs," according to Popular Mechanics.

The following is the Dec. 2, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report The United States has actively pursued the ...

The Pentagon is in the process of fitting the first-ever shipborn hypersonic missile system to a U.S. stealth destroyer once considered to be defunct. The USS Zumwalt is stationed at a Mississippi ...