The Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers will be mounted with experimental hypersonic weapon systems, but what makes this technology so lethal?

and hypersonic glide vehicles (HGV) can fly at speeds exceeding Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound) and change course at random, making it extremely difficult to intercept them. Many countries ...

A video and pictures have emerged showing testing of Chinese high-flying and high-speed uncrewed air vehicles, including ...

Hypersonic technology involves developing and using vehicles or weapons that can travel ... This makes them difficult to track and intercept, posing a significant challenge to existing U.S ...

The Defense Ministry’s budget requests for fiscal 2023 will include funds to strengthen Japan’s capability to detect and intercept ... and hypersonic glide vehicles (HGV), which glide to ...

Tuesday's test was the first for this new system. "The push to develop a hypersonic glider isn't all too surprising given that Kim Jong Un had indicated this back in January," said Mr Panda.

Conventional Prompt Strike launches in the same way as a ballistic missile but is then propelled by a hypersonic glider vehicle. The glider vehicle is capable of traveling at up to Mach 8 ...