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

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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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In 2018, Russia Unveiled Its Deadly "Avangard" Hypersonic Missile

The U.S. Air Force’s Next Big Thing: Arsenal Planes With Hypersonic Missiles

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Number One Priority: The Pentagon Is Doubling-Down on Hypersonic Missiles

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Can the Pentagon Find a Way to Stop Chinese and Russian Hypersonic Missiles?

The Air Force's Hypersonic X-15 Set Several World Records—And Almost Went to Space

Mach 6 and It Nearly Went Into Space: Nothing Beat the Air Force's Hypersonic X-15

The Air Force's Hypersonic X-15s Had a Top Speed of Mach 6.7

The US Military's X-15s Set a Speed Record of Mach 6.7. But It Has an Even Neater Trick.

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Behold: The Air Force's XF-108 Fighter Could Have Been a Legendary Plane

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.

Hypersonic Weapons are No Game-Changer

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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?