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Defense Intelligence Agency’s chief scientist told Congress this month that China now appears to have the world’s leading arsenal of hypersonic weapons, which can fly at several times the speed of sound and be maneuvered in flight, making them much harder to intercept with missile defense systems.

From New York Times

At least half a dozen of the missiles fired were hypersonic weapons known as Kinzhals — “daggers” — that fly at five times the speed of sound and cannot be countered with the air defenses Ukraine currently possesses.

From Los Angeles Times

As reductive as it may seem to point out that society bears some of the blame for Kelly's success as both a popular artist and a criminal, consider how many people knew about amply substantiated allegations that he made child pornography and still sang along to "I Believe I Can Fly" at their Sunday religious services.

From Salon

The missiles fly at nine times the speed of sound and have a range of over 1,000 km, Shoigu said.

From Reuters

Bats can sleep upside down, fly at up to 100 miles per hour and use their own version of sonar to hunt down insect hunters.

From New York Times