hypersonic

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President Donald Trump last year ordered his administration to develop a plan for a space-based shield capable of intercepting ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, which he dubbed the “Golden Dome.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

These include hypersonic missiles, space and cyber weapons, drones, and as ever nuclear weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

But China’s military is quickly closing both quantitative and qualitative gaps—and has pulled ahead in some areas, such as hypersonic weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Prior stops in the region included visits to Divergent, an advanced manufacturing company in aerospace and other industries, and Castelion, a hypersonic missile startup founded by former SpaceX employees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

But even with the errors, the machines processed the transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flows and trajectory analyses in a way that surpassed the upper limits of human ability.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly