Hypersonic Weapons Can’t Hide from New Eyes in Space

China’s test flight of a long-range hypersonic glide vehicle late last year was described in the media as close to a “Sputnik moment” in the race to develop new ultrafast maneuvering weapons. But even as senior U.S. military officials publicly fretted about missiles that are, for the moment at least, effectively invincible, the Pentagon was … Read more

North Korea tests another new hypersonic weapon: reports

North Korea’s hypersonic weapons program appears to be ramping up. The rogue nation claims that it conducted a successful test of a new hypersonic vehicle on Wednesday (Jan. 5), its second such trial in just over three months.  The vehicle aced a 75-mile (120 kilometers) lateral maneuver and “precisely hit” a target 435 miles (700 … Read more