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Much faster than most conventional weapons. a traditional cruise missile would travel less than the speed of sound, but a hypersonic cruise missile would travel much faster. that is roughly a mile per second. in addition, a hypersonic weapon is also manoeuvrable, because it is flying in the atmosphere, it is flying in the atmosphere, it has wings, it can use aerodynamic forces to manoeuvre, it can glide, it can dive, and that makes it harder to predict where it is going to 90, to predict where i...

Test dash might a successful test dash might a successful test by the us of its own hypersonic missile, the so—called air breathing hypersonic weapon capable of speeds five times the speed of sound, making it harder to detect and stop before reaching its target. i spoke to doctor mark lewis, a former chief scientist of the us air force about why the new technology is so sought after. hypersonics refers to flight in excess of five times the speed of sound, what we call mach five. it is much fas...

Slipping. you feel that. russian people feel that. >> reporter: while vladimir putin doesnt flex as much physically he still pops his military muscle. according to the kremlin backed news agency interfax the russian military has allowed u.s. inspectors to see one of putins newest and most dangerous weapons. the avant-garde hypersonic missile which putin says can fly about a mile per second. the real challenge posed is the speed at which it moves and the fact that it is maneuverable and also diff...

You feel that. >> while he doesnt flex as much physically, he does military to see one of putins newest and most dangerous weapons. the avant-garde hyper sonic missile putin says can fly about a mile per second. >> the real challenge posed by avant-garde is the speed it moves and difficult to detect. you have something coming in very fast able to evade defenses you may not know about until the last minute. that poses a certain very real challenge for u.s. defenses. >> the kremlin says avant-gard...