The U.S. is losing the hypersonic arms race to China—but a formidable, new weapon could change the game. When the U.S. Navy’s ...

A Chinese government-backed newspaper stated that United States air defense systems such as THAAD, Patriot, or SM-6 cannot ...

Should the People’s Republic of China’s DF-17 Hypersonic missile truly operate with the capacity to destroy aircraft carriers ...

China's most significant hypersonic weapon is the DF-ZF hypersonic glide missile, a warhead attached to the DF-17 rocket. The DF-17 cruises at roughly 60,000 feet but before it reaches the target ...

Japan's ship-mounted railgun offers a cost-effective and rapid response to potential missile saturation threats by utilizing electromagnetic energy t ...

The US Navy has killed its next-generation hypersonic missile, slamming the brakes on a once-promising development program ...

China has “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal” that can threaten U.S. Navy ships, according to the Defense Department’s most recent report on Chinese military power. Hypersonic weapons fly ...

The following is the April 10, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for ...

it involved a C-17 Globemaster III jet transport carrying a Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) equipped with a Hypersonic Target Vehicle-1 (HTV-1) in a drop canister. Parachuted from the plane ...

While America has yet to deploy a hypersonic missile system amid multiple delays, its adversaries, particularly China and Russia, have already raced ahead. Their weapons may have nuclear payload ...

The Army conducted a successful end-to-end flight test of its hypersonic missile at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii in May 2024, bringing the initial fielding to the first unit closer ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warns China’s hypersonic missiles could destroy all US aircraft carriers in 20 minutes.