Iran claimed Tuesday that it has developed a hypersonic missile that can evade all defense systems, American and Israeli, and that has a 1,400-km range capable of reaching targets throughout Israel and the Middle East.
Alexander Shiplyuk, director of the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM) in Siberia, was quietly arrested last August and held without charges ever since.
A study in China’s Journal of Test and Measurement Technology concluded, citing a series of software simulations, that the communist nation’s hypersonic missile technology could destroy the formidable USS Gerald R. Ford carrier fleet by evading the ships’ defense systems, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.
A Patriot air defence battery in Ukraine “was likely damaged” in a missile barrage a report claims, possibly confirming Russian claims.
Ukrainian armed forces claimed to have shot down a Russian hypersonic missile using the American-made Patriot missile defence system.
Russia’s security council deputy chairman has threatened to bomb an international court in the Hague in response to it issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.
Following President Joe Biden’s remarks deeming climate change a greater threat to humanity than nuclear war, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) blasted the commander-in-chief’s “terrifying” assessment as communist China “triples the size of their nuclear arsenal and are developing hypersonic nuclear missile capabilities that we can’t defend against.”
The United States Air Force (USAF) sent a message to Russia and China on Monday by announcing a successful test of its prototype air-launched hypersonic missile.
MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian military said Thursday that it has deployed warplanes armed with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to the country’s westernmost Baltic region, a move that comes amid soaring tensions with the West over Moscow’s action in Ukraine.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a military document that declared the United States is the primary threat to Russian security.
During portions of an interview with the Fox News Channel aired on Friday’s edition of “Special Report,” Sen. Angus King (I-ME) stated that both China and Russia “got ahead” of the United States on hypersonic weapons technology, and that he
The U.S. Air Force announced Monday it has successfully tested a hypersonic missile against a backdrop of China, Russia, and North Korea racing to develop the same advanced military technology.
(AP) — The Russian military says it has carried out a new series of strikes on Ukrainian military facilities with long-range hypersonic and cruise missiles.
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Ukrainian military official has confirmed to a local news outlet that Russian forces carried out a missile strike Friday on a missile and ammunition warehouse in the Delyatyn settlement of the Ivano-Frankivsk region in western Ukraine.
2021 was a year of mounting apprehension about the next great power conflict – perhaps triggered by a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, or a Russian invasion of Ukraine – coupled with uncertainty about what the “next war” will look like.
During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s “CBS Evening News,” Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Hyten said China’s hypersonic missile is “a very significant capability that has the potential to change a lot
Former senior Trump defense official Elbridge Colby is warning China could invade Taiwan in as little as two years, and that Taiwanese who could be at risk should consider extrication plans.
India on Wednesday conducted a test launch of its Agni-5 missile, a nuclear-capable weapon whose 3,125-mile range is sufficient to hit any potential target in China. According to the Indian government, the test missile landed with a “very high degree of accuracy” in the Bay of Bengal.
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Friday in light of the recent intelligence failure concerning China’s hypersonic missile test, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) discussed the “new Cold War” facing America, claiming the U.S. is “dangerously dependent” on Beijing while highlighting the Biden administration’s commitment to a climate change agenda that will weaken our nation “militarily [and] economically” while strengthening China.
Rogers on Wednesday at a top think tank in Washington said he fears that China has “leapfrogged” ahead of the United States in certain areas.
On Tuesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) reacted to China’s hypersonic missile test by stating China wants to be able to threaten the U.S. with “nuclear annihilation.” And China wants “to be able to strike and hold at
Following reports that China conducted a nuclear-capable low-orbit hypersonic missile test in August, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) warned that the U.S.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday denied reports that it stunned U.S. intelligence analysts by testing a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, while the Biden White House responded to the report by saying it “welcomes stiff competition” from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The Financial Times reported on Saturday that U.S. intelligence agencies were caught by surprise when China secretly tested a nuclear-capable low-orbit hypersonic missile in August. The weapon circled the globe before descending upon its target, missing by about two dozen miles.
Russia said it successfully test-fired a new hypersonic cruise missile from a submarine against a target in the Barents Sea on Monday evening.
North Korea state media claimed on Wednesday that a hypersonic nuclear-capable missile was successfully tested on Tuesday. The provocative Tuesday test-launch into the Sea of Japan was previously described by U.S., Japanese, and South Korean officials as a short-range ballistic missile.
China’s National Day military parade, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), included the expected public debut of the advanced Dongfeng-41 (DF-41) intercontinental ballistic missile.
The Army is hoping to begin testing hypersonic missiles in fiscal year 2020 in a bid to catch up with China and Russia.
Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan delivered a sobering statistic on Wednesday at a think-tank in Washington: Last year, China put 34 rockets into orbit — more than double the 17 that the U.S. put into orbit the same year.
Russia’s weekly news show Vesti Nedeli focused Sunday on presenting its viewers with a map of the United States that identified targets Russia would attack with ostensibly unstoppable hypersonic missiles in the event of a conflict with the United States. The target list included the Pentagon and the presidential retreat at Camp David.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his version of a State of the Union address on Wednesday and included a threat to target the United States with ostensibly invincible hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range ballistic missiles to Europe.
The Pentagon is racing to build a defense against a growing hypersonic missile threat from China and Russia.