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Mar 27 2018
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Russia, China eclipse US in hypersonic missiles, prompting fears
Russia and China are outpacing the United States in the development of super-fast missile technology, Pentagon officials and key lawmakers are warning.
The HillMar 15 2024
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Houthis claiming upgrade in missiles
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Yemen's Houthi rebels claim to have a new, hypersonic missile in their arsenal, Russia's state media reported Thursday, potentially raising the stakes in their ongoing attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways against the backdrop of Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The report by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency cited an unnamed
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteFeb 20 2023
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Lockheed Martin awarded Navy hypersonic missile contract worth over $1 billion
Lockheed Martin announced Friday that it will receive a contract that's potentially worth more than $2 billion to integrate a hypersonic missile system onto certain U.S. Navy destroyers.
The deal, which is initially worth $1.1 billion, involves the integration of the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missile system onto the Navy's Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. If
Fox BusinessJun 12 2023
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Hypersonic or just overhyped? Amid Russian failures, U.S. doubles down on super-fast missiles
The long-awaited battlefield debut of hypersonic weapons was largely a bust, but experts say it had much more to do with who pulled the trigger than underlying problems with the technology.
Russia’s hypersonic Kinzhal missiles have failed to hit their targets in Ukraine on multiple occasions. In many cases, they have been intercepted by the tried-and-true U.S.-made Patriot missile
Washington TimesApr 13 2024
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An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon
Colorado Springs GazetteMay 06 2023
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Ukraine live briefing: Kyiv celebrates as it claims to have downed Putin’s ‘invincible’ hypersonic missile
Ukraine’s air force claims to have successfully shot down one of Russia’s most sophisticated conventional weapons using an U.S.-made Patriot air defense missile, potentially proving that the Kinzhal, or “dagger,” hypersonic missile that travels five times faster than the speed of sound is not invincible, as President Vladimir Putin has reportedly asserted. The apparent defense milestone over
Washington PostOct 27 2021
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Top general: China's hypersonic missile test "very close" to a "Sputnik moment"
Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned Wednesday that China's test of a hypersonic missile is "very concerning" and "very close" to the kind of "Sputnik moment" that triggered the Space Race during the Cold War.
Why it matters: The comments by America's top uniformed general underscore the depths of U.S. concerns about China's rapid military expansion and
AxiosOct 20 2021
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Sen. Graham wants briefing on China’s ‘game changing’ hypersonic missile launch
Sen. Lindsey Graham sent a letter to Senate leadership on Wednesday requesting members of the chamber be briefed by the intelligence community and the Defense Department on China’s test-firing of a hypersonic missile, calling the launch a “game changing event.”
“If press reports are accurate regarding China’s test of a hypersonic missile with a nuclear capability, then this is a
New York Post (News)Oct 27 2021
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Milley calls China hypersonic missile test ‘very close’ to ‘Sputnik moment’
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the highest-ranking US general, warned that China’s possible hypersonic missile system is “very concerning,” calling it “very close” to a “Sputnik moment” that triggered the space race during the Cold War.
“What we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapon system. And it is very concerning,” Milley said
New York Post (News)Apr 13 2024
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Israel says most of Iranian missiles intercepted
Israel said most of the Iranian missiles launched on Saturday were intercepted outside of the country by Israeli and allied defense systems. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported in a Telegram post that the “vast majority” of the dozens of Iranian surface-to-surface missiles were identified approaching Israeli territory and were “successfully intercepted” by the country’s air defenses,
The Hill