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 ...

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 ...

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 ongoing conflicts have demonstrated how crucial drones and missiles are, and how these two weapons can change the entire course of a war.

As China and North Korea's missile threats close in and US stockpiles run thin, Japan is racing to build a Tomahawk-like ...

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 ...

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