One of the key military innovations of the 21st century is the development of hypersonic missiles. Leading nations are hard at work developing the technology to move missiles five times faster ...

Hypersonic missiles travel at speeds of at least Mach 5, which is about 3,800 mph or nearly 1 mile per second. The science behind how hypersonic weapons work is fascinating, just like their ...

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) released an unclassified assessment called “Golden Dome for America: Current and Future Missile Threats to the U.S. Homeland” on Tuesday to demonstrate the type ...

The SCALP EG, known as Storm Shadow in the UK, is a long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed jointly by France and the United Kingdom. It was designed by Matra and British Aerospace in ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

Ukrainian defense intelligence says it's stripped down a new, drone-launched Russian cruise missile. The 'Banderol' missile contains parts from allied countries including the US, Japan ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

As the United States advances its ambitious Golden Dome missile defense strategy, we face a critical question: what constitutes a truly comprehensive defense system? While advanced tracking ...

The UK’s HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, successfully destroyed a supersonic missile in a historic first during Exercise Formidable Shield 25 off Scotland. The Sea Viper missile, flying at Mach ...

I promised the American people that I would build *** cutting edge missile defense shield to protect our homeland from the threat of foreign missile attack. And that's what we're doing today.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Navy successfully carried out a flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile, marking a major milestone in the service’s ability to launch this kind of sea-based ...

North Korea’s short-range missile tests overseen by Kim Jong Un this week aimed to simulate nuclear attacks on the US and South Korea, Pyongyang’s state media said Friday. Kim watched over the ...