hypersonic
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North Korea has recently tested a slew of weapons, including a new precision-guided torpedo system and an intermediate-range hypersonic missile, both of which it said used AI technology.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Pyongyang said at the time there was "no way to avoid" the hypersonic missile, which was "capable of changing its flight orbit at a low altitude".
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
One of the recent launches featured what North Korea claimed is a hypersonic missile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
But the armed forces still lack a weapons system to deal with long-range ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
But even with the errors, the machines processed the transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flows and trajectory analyses in a way that surpassed the upper limits of human ability.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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