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Study suggests the cutting-edge technology will trickle down from military use to other applications, a growing view in the field.

Researchers from sanctioned university said the weapon will be able to shoot down early-warning aircraft and bombers from unprecedented distance.

If Washington does not act quickly to expedite the Pentagon’s fielding of hypersonic missile defense capabilities, deterrence may fail in the Pacific.

The missile tested by North Korea on Sunday used a new kind of fuel making it tougher to detect.

North Korea on Monday claimed it flight-tested a new solid-fuel intermediate-range missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead as it pursues more powerful, harder-to-detect weapons designed to strike remote U.S. targets in the region. The report by North Korea’s state media came a day after the South Korean and Japanese militaries detected the launch from a site near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, in what was the North’s first ballistic test of 2024. The launch came two months after North Korea said it successfully tested engines for a new solid-fuel intermediate-range mi...