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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Other sources claim it could be the DF-ZF HGV (Hypersonic Glide Vehicle), carried by the DF-17 ballistic missile. The DF-21D, first unveiled in 2010, had alarmed U.S. Navy commanders, who admitted ...

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 ...

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.