Hypersonic weapons Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:05:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Hypersonic weapons Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Make America test again: How rapid, iterative testing will advance hypersonic development https://spacenews.com/make-america-test-again-how-rapid-iterative-testing-will-advance-hypersonic-development/ https://spacenews.com/make-america-test-again-how-rapid-iterative-testing-will-advance-hypersonic-development/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=513954 The Hermeus Quarterhorse aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base during a press event in December. Credit: Hermeus

The world has taken notice of the hypersonic technology that China and Russia are touting as unstoppable. Capable of maneuvering unpredictably at extreme speeds within the atmosphere, these weapons are […]

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What do China, Russia, North Korea and Iran have in common? Each member of this axis of aggressors has developed (or at least has claimed to have developed) operational hypersonic […]

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