Report to Congress on Hypersonic Missile Defense
The following is the Oct. 3, 2022, Congressional Research Service report, Hypersonic Missile Defense From the report Hypersonic weapons, like ballistic missiles, fly at speeds of at least Mach 5, or roughly 1 mile per second. Unlike ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons do not follow a ballistic trajectory and can maneuver en route to their target. […]
Source: usni.org