hypersonic
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Under Xi, China has expanded its nuclear arsenal, surpassed the U.S. in the number of naval vessels and started fielding cutting-edge weapons such as hypersonic missiles that Western powers have yet to master.
In particular, he warned of the prospect of hypersonic missiles that travel at least five times the speed of sound, making them much harder to detect and intercept than traditional ballistic missiles, which would follow predictable arcs over the North Pole.
From BBC
These include hypersonic missiles, space and cyber weapons, drones, and as ever nuclear weapons.
Stratolaunch makes reusable hypersonic test aircraft, which are integral for the Defense Department’s lower-cost tests of aircraft and weapons that travel at least five times the speed of sound.
In March, the U.S. military completed a series of test flights of a reusable hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft for the first time in more than a half-century.
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