Navy putting first shipborne hypersonic weapon on vessel once seen as 'costly blunder'
The US is deploying a shipborn hypersonic missile battery to the USS Zumwalt, a destroyer once thought a major mistake.
Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers may finally find purpose as hypersonic missile shooters
The US Navy is working to upgrade the USS Zumwalt and other stealth destroyers in the class to carry hypersonic missiles. See ...
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For Putin, ballistic missiles make atomic bombs “useless”
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that possession of a sufficient number of hypersonic weapons made the use ...
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US Navy’s stealth destroyer to deploy first-ever hypersonic missiles
Work on replacing the USS Zumwalt's guns with hypersonic missile tubes is nearing completion at the Huntington Ingalls ...
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America’s Oreshnik Hypersonic Weapons Nightmare Has Begun
Russia’s possession of the Oreshnik alters the balance of power, both in Ukraine and in the wider international system. The ...
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San Diego’s Three Stealth Destroyers Getting New Hypersonic Missiles
The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being ...
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Superfast Russian fighter jet seen carrying hypersonic Kinzhal missile during drills
Kinzhal is a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile with a reported range of 932 to 1242 miles (1500-2000 kilometers).
Russia's has used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile for the first time. What are its capabilities?
The silent black-and-white surveillance camera video of the Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro was brief ...
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First U.S. Warship Fitted for Hypersonic Missiles Back in the Water
The first guided-missile destroyer fitted for conventional hypersonic missiles is back in the water after more than a year of ...