Tag: hypersonic missile

N. Korea’s Kim oversees hypersonic missile engine test: state media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a successful test of a solid-fuel engine for a “new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile”, Pyongyang’s state media said Wednesday. The test was carried out on Tuesday by the North’s Missile Administration at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in the northwest of the country, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). “A ground jet test of a solid-fuel engine for new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, which is of another […]

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Iran unveils hypersonic missile hailing deterrent boost

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled an intermediate range ballistic missile Tuesday capable of travelling at hypersonic speeds of up to 15 times the speed of sound, state television reported. President Ebrahim Raisi hailed the new missile’s hypersonic capability, saying it would boost Iran’s “power of deterrence” and “bring peace and stability to the countries of the region”. The official IRNA news agency published photographs of the ceremony in a closed area it did […]

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Russia claims hypersonic missile strike, Ukraine urges cease-fire

  by Emmanuel Duparcq and Dmytro Gorshkov Agence France Presse KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia said Saturday that it had unleashed hypersonic missiles against an arms depot in Ukraine, the first use of the next-generation weapons in combat, after Kyiv’s embattled leader pressed for “meaningful” talks to halt an invasion now in its fourth week. Moscow also said its troops had broken through Ukrainian defences to enter the strategic southern port city of Mariupol, prompting […]

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