Stealth destroyer 1st to carry hypersonic missiles that travel 5 times the speed of sound — with testing imminent
The Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers will mounted with experimental hypersonic weapon systems, but what makes this technology so lethal?
China’s hypersonic jet flies at blazing 6.5 times the speed of sound in tests
The scientists claim that the hypersonic aircraft prototype with a rather bulky body reached the speed of Mach 6.56 in flight test.
Russia Says It Fired an Unprecedented New Type of Hypersonic Missile for the First Time Ever
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the weapon was developed very rapidly, hyping it up as an unstoppable hypersonic precision-strike weapon.
US armed forces test Dark Eagle hypersonic missile at Mach 5 speeds
U.S. military's "Dark Eagle" hypersonic missile completed a successful test at Cape Canaveral, reaching speeds over Mach 5.
US hypersonic missile blazes through air at 5 times the speed of sound
The hypersonic missile flight test carried out recently will help the Army in deciding whether it wants to field the first unit in 2025.
Army and Navy team up for hypersonic missile launch from Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station had a different kind of launch on its plate Thursday when the Army and Navy teamed up to complete a test of a hypersonic missile. The launch of what is known as the Dark Eagle Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon system was an end-to-end test using Space Launch Complex 46,
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Around the world in a few hours: China's hypersonic jumbo jet shatters Mach 6.5
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Hypersonic ‘jumbo jet ROCKET’ hits 5,000mph in major step toward goal of flying passengers anywhere on Earth in 60mins
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Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship
Hypersonic weapons travel beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, with added maneuverability making them harder to ...
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Notre Dame unveils first-ever hypersonic Mach 10 wind tunnel
Hypersonic vehicles can fly and maneuver at speeds above Mach 5, and advances in this technology by Russia and China are driving a sense of urgency within the Defense Department to field ...
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Lockheed X-24C: The Hypersonic Mach 8 Plane Explained in 3 Words
Why? Because hypersonic weapons will travel at about Mach 5, which means they will have enough kinetic energy to destroy targets without even using an explosive – and because to date ...