Key Points and Summary – China is building a layered kill web—PL-15 air-to-air missiles, HQ-9/22 surface-to-air systems, long-wave radars, KJ-500 AEW, and space-based ISR—to...
Key Points and Summary – South Korea is developing an air-launched hypersonic ballistic missile to be carried by its new, indigenous KF-21 Boramae fighter...
Key Points and Summary – Russia is escalating tensions with NATO by beginning production of its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile, with plans to deploy...
Key Points and Summary – The North American X-15 was a revolutionary rocket-powered aircraft from the 1960s designed to explore hypersonic flight at the...
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s S-500 “Prometheus” is its next-generation mobile air-defense system, designed to supplement and eventually replace the capable S-400. -Moscow...
Key Points and Summary – Decades before the rumored SR-72 “Darkstar,” America had already conquered hypersonic flight with the X-15 rocket plane. -In 1967,...
Key Points and Summary on China’s New Hypersonic Vehicle: China has successfully test-flown its new Feitian 2 hypersonic vehicle, a major leap in its...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Army is accelerating the development of a new, lower-cost hypersonic missile system called “Blackbeard,” developed by defense...