hypersonic weapons

Tech 04/06/22, 14:13

The United States, United Kingdom and Australia on Tuesday, April 5, made a cooperation pact to increase hypersonic weapons and electronic warfare capabilities as Russia and China rapidly advance cutting-edge technology, according to Reuters.  In a statement, the leaders of the newly formed AUKUS defense alliance, U.S. President Joe Biden, British ...

U.S. 03/22/22, 13:04

Russia claimed Saturday, March 19, that it had used Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missiles to destroy a large weapons depot, but while the United States could not confirm it, the action may have been intended to send a message, a Biden administration DoD official said.  The Russian Defense Department showed on Twitter ...

Europe 03/20/22, 07:15

Russia said it used a new hypersonic missile in a strike against Ukraine on Friday, March 18, destroying a Ukrainian weapons storage facility, according to The Hill. The Russian Defense Department on Saturday showed a video on Twitter of the moment of impact and apparent destruction of a Ukrainian subway storage ...

Politics 01/07/22, 14:49

Following the launch of a new hypersonic missile from North Korea, the governments of the United States, South Korea and Japan criticized the action as a threat to regional peace.  The powerful detonation was detected from several countries, and North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported it without determining the exact ...

Europe 11/04/21, 22:12

Russian President Vladimir Putin has emphasized the importance of new weapons by urging the country's arms manufacturers to develop even more advanced hypersonic missiles and high-energy lasers.  “It's particularly important to develop technologies for creating new hypersonic weapons, high-energy lasers and robotic complexes that would be capable of efficiently countering potential ...

China 10/28/21, 21:59

The Chinese military tested the first underwater port attack using explosives as informed by the state media, arguing that could be used against the U.S. military. A wharf at an unidentified port in an unknown location was successfully destroyed with underwater charges, Business Insider reported from local news agencies.  In order to ...

Middle East 10/26/21, 20:04

Recently, Beijing has sent numerous military aircraft—bombers, fighter jets, reconnaissance planes, and anti-submarine aircraft—to fly over Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ). People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft regularly violate Taiwan's ADIZ, but the number is unprecedented this time. And the combination of using these types of aircraft is similar to that ...

U.S. 10/22/21, 19:34

President Joe Biden has expressed his concern about the development of China's hypersonic weapons on Wednesday, Oct. 20, as U.S. forces conducted a series of tests on the same day, Reuters informed. In separate tests on Wednesday, the U.S. Navy and Army successfully tested hypersonic weapon component prototypes at NASA's Facility ...

Tech 10/18/21, 04:06

In August, U.S. intelligence was wholly taken aback by China's advanced space capabilities, witnessing the test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile that circled the globe before flying rapidly towards its target. According to five people familiar with the test, a rocket carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle flew through low-orbit space before ...

U.S. 07/20/21, 03:37

The Russian defense ministry on Monday, July 19, announced that its military succeeded in the test launching of a new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile.  The department said Zircon was fired from a warship in the White Sea, the frigate Admiral Gorshkov. The new generation missile surged through nearly seven times the ...

Politics 12/27/18, 21:33

Vladimir Putin said the weapon will become part of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces next year