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US Issues Update on New Hypersonic Weapon
The United States is scheduled to deploy a hypersonic weapon unit by the end of September, the Army said, as the Pentagon races to close the gap in this field with its major adversaries. The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) is scheduled to deploy its first operational battery by the end of fiscal year 2025, the […]
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US Military Gets Hypersonic Weapons Update
The U.S. and U.K. are moving ahead with the technology underpinning several hypersonic weapons development programs. Why It Matters Western countries have trailed behind Russia and China in developing hypersonic weapons, expensive and difficult-to-produce systems able to travel upwards of five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5. The missiles, which can be launched […]
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