Engineers face extreme hurdles as hypersonic weapon development accelerates
Just three weeks into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia was already facing stalemate on many fronts.Searching for a quick win, it deployed a new...
How hypersonic missiles work and the unique threats they pose – an aerospace engineer explains
By Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder
Russia used a hypersonic missile against a Ukrainian arms depot in the western part of the country on...
Russia Uses Advanced Hypersonic Missiles In Ukraine
Russia used its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine on Friday to destroy a weapons storage site in the country’s...
‘National pride is at stake.’ Russia, China, United States race to build hypersonic weapons Despite hype and technological hurdles, a hypersonic arms race is...
BY RICHARD STONE
High in the sky over northwestern China, a wedge-shaped unmanned vehicle separated from a rocket. Coasting along at up to Mach 6,...