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Japan's Hypersonic Missile (A 'Carrier-Killer') is a Warning to China

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A view of a test missile launch as the Defense Department conducts a flight test of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile at San Nicolas Island, California, U.S., August 18, 2019. Picture taken August 18, 2019. Scott Howe/Department o

How Will the U.S. Military Stop Hypersonic Attacks? Space-Based Missile-Killer Systems

The X-15: America's Speedy Rocket Plane Nearly Broke Mach 7

The Mach 5 SR-72 Spy Plane Could Already Be Flying (Maybe)

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Mach 6.7 Monster: How America's X-15 Plane Is Still a Record-Breaker

The X-15: How a Record-Setting Flight Almost Ended in Disaster

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The U.S. Navy Is Working on a Missile to Kill Hypersonic Weapons

B-52s With Hypersonic Missiles Could Wreak Havoc on North Korea

X-15: The Rocket Plane That Broke All the Speed Records

First Hypersonic Missile Test Has Failed, Air Force Says

Gulp: China and Russia Want Hypersonic Missiles

The Pentagon Is Moving Closer to Autonomous, Hypersonic Missiles

The X-51A Waverider, shown here under the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress, is set to demonstrate hypersonic flight. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne SJY61 scramjet engine, it is designed to ride on its own shockwave and accelerate to about Mach 6.

$15 Billion and 70 'Efforts': The U.S. Military Really Wants Hypersonic Weapons

Is the Mach 5 SR-72 Spy Plane Already Flying?

How to Make a North Korean General Cry: B-52s with Hypersonic Missiles

Putin Is Pleased: Russia’s Hypersonic Missile Flies from a Submarine

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America and Russia are Headed Toward a Hypersonic Showdown

Mission Not-So-Impossible: Why This Hypersonic Weapon Will Change Warfare

Zumwalt-Class Stealth Destroyer: Hypersonic Missile Truck or Giant Failure?