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The U.S. Air Force wants $296,000,000 to turn the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile into a Chinese aircraft carrier killer. The funding is part of...
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Turns out the United States Air Force’s AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) isn’t dead after all. Supposedly, the Air Force abandoned the AGM-183A...
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In the early 2000s, NASA was among the first to achieve sustained hypersonic flight. As part of the broader Hyper-X program, NASA developed the...
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China has reportedly test-fired its YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from a Type 055 destroyer, with leaked footage emerging in December and the South China...
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Russia’s Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle, reportedly capable of traveling at more than Mach 20 while maneuvering laterally and vertically through the atmosphere, was placed...
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NASA’s X-43D was designed to fly at Mach 15 — roughly 11,400 miles per hour, fast enough to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 18...
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The U.S. is spending $3.9 billion in 2026 to develop hypersonic weapons NASA already proved possible 22 years ago. In 2004, NASA’s X-43A hit...
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Earlier this year, it was announced that the troubled Zumwalt-class destroyers are starting to hit the waves again as the USS Zumwalt (DDG1000) recently...
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The U.S. Army and Navy are cooperating in the Pacific to develop new tactics and concepts of operation to support a fast-increasing number of...