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The US Air Force successfully tested a Lockheed Martin Corp hypersonic missile this week, sources familiar with the efforts said yesterday, amid growing

The Pentagon has confirmed the successful testing of two hypersonic missiles, amid growing concerns Russia and China have raced ahead with developing their own, pictured left.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the US has announced that the OpFires programme completed the first flight test.

Amidst fears that the U.S. hypersonic weapons program may be lagging, the Pentagon has confirmed successful tests of two different weapons.

Amid concerns Russia and China were ahead, the U.S. successfully tested two Lockheed Martin Corp hypersonic missiles recently

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States successfully tested two Lockheed Martin Corp hypersonic missiles recently, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, amid growing concerns Russia and China have had more success

The successful trial of the Lockheed Martin system comes after a string of failures spurred concerns that the US is falling behind in the superpower arms race.

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Hypersonic weapons travel in the upper atmosphere at speeds of more than five times the speed of sound

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force successfully tested a Lockheed Martin Corp hypersonic missile this week, sources familiar with the efforts said on