Here’s What You Need to Know: The equation is clear, meaning if China has an arsenal of operational hypersonic weapons and the U.S. simply does not, approaching U.S ...

The Army and Navy together conducted a ground-breaking hypersonics flight “shot” test of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) planned to arm the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike weapon ...

Kim said the missile's hypersonic glide vehicle traveled more than 930 miles at 12 times the speed of sound. It reached two different peaks of 62 miles and 26.4 miles before hitting a simulated ...

In 2021, China conducted a test flight of a hypersonic glide aircraft capable of going around the Earth. This capability left ...

"The hypersonic glide vehicle of the missile fired northeastward ... of the speed of sound and accurately landed on the waters of simulated target in the open sea," KCNA stated.

The air-launched ARRW is what is known as a hypersonic boost-glide vehicle weapon. The missile uses a rocket booster to ...

This growth is driven by increased investments in hypersonic glide vehicles, cruise missiles and spaceplanes, supported by advancements in propulsion systems and new aerospace designs. The rising ...

The flight test showed that the common hypersonic glide vehicle achieved the required speeds at the intended distance and it is worthy of being delivered to the forces. This was the second successful ...

The Navy also plans to eventually integrate IRCPS onto its future Block V Virginia class submarines. The IRCPS missiles themselves are tipped with an unpowered boost-glide vehicle on top and you can ...