The United States government has researched hypersonic weapons—which travel in excess of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound—since at least the early 2000s. However, those programs have... Russia ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday that it had fired a Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic cruise missile at a target in the Barents Sea and that Sukoi Su-34 supersonic fighter-bombers had carried out ...

MOSCOW, October 4. /TASS/. The Northern Fleet’s Severodvinsk nuclear-powered submarine has successfully conducted its first test launch of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile in the Barents Sea, Russia’s ...

After years of hesitation, the Trump administration and the Pentagon appear to have acknowledged the significant shortfall in America’s hypersonic capabilities. The US Army plans to deploy its first ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin lauded what state media sources describe as another successful test-launch of the country’s newest Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile. “Last night or, to be more exact, ...