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hypersonic

[hahy-per-son-ik] / ˌhaɪ pərˈsɒn ɪk /


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Earlier this month, North Korea announced the AI-assisted launch of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Pyongyang said its latest AI-assisted hypersonic missile followed a "wave-like trajectory" that left South Korea and Japan unable to track it effectively.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the armed forces still lack a weapons system to deal with long-range ballistic and hypersonic missiles.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Sixth-generation aircraft will likely include more advanced stealth features than their fifth-generation predecessors, sensors that use artificial intelligence and be armed with lasers or hypersonic weapons, according to the Congressional Research Service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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


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