Many are calling the Chinese spy balloon episode a wake-up call. The United States has now briefed 40 nations on its findings from the device. China maintains the balloon was a civilian aircraft that drifted off course while inspecting the weather, while the Pentagon says it was “100 percent” not a civilian weather balloon, and in […]
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced this week that it successfully completed the second test launch of a hypersonic missile amid continued efforts to surpass Russia and China in developing the emerging class of weaponry. In a Jan. 30 statement, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Air Force said the Lockheed […]
The United States has a successful hypersonic weapon test in the books, after launching two hypersonic missiles made by Lockheed Martin. The Pentagon made the announcement Wednesday. The Air Force also confirmed the Tuesday test happened off of California’s coast, featuring what’s called an Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW booster.
The U.S. Air Force successfully tested a hypersonic missile that travelled five times the speed of sound off the Southern California coast May 14, following tests of similar weapons by China and Russia. The AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) was launched from a B-52H Stratofortress bomber by 419th Flight Test Squadron and the Global Power Bomber Combined Test […]
Three world powers are arming themselves to combat a weapons system the Chinese Communist Party is developing. A $95 million arms sale was made from the United States to Taiwan to help defend the island from missiles. It’s the third purchase under the current president. Back in the spotlight is organ harvesting in China. A […]
President Joe Biden, along with other leaders from the trilateral AUKUS international defense partnership, announced on April 5 the group will join in an effort to develop hypersonic missiles. The pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, known as AUKUS, was announced in September 2021. Its main piece is a plan to […]
The news that an expert from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who developed a hypersonic missile defected to the West has aroused public concern about hypersonic weapons. Pinnacle View recently invited U.S. and Chinese experts to discuss topics related to hypersonic weapons. U.S. military research experts included Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment […]
North Korea’s state media said Thursday the country successfully fired a “hypersonic” missile, a claim that has yet to be independently confirmed. The “hypersonic gliding warhead” reportedly manoeuvred 120 kilometers (75 miles) laterally before it traveled 700 kilometers (435 miles) to “precisely” hit its target, Pyongyang state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) claimed. Other aspects […]
China’s all-out information warfare ramped up even more during the initial COVID-19 pandemic. A fake Swiss scientist created by China’s digital propaganda team has been used for disinformation, and Facebook is now deleting his account. And China’s missile threat is being hailed as the new “Sputnik Moment.” Stephen Bryen, a leading expert in security strategy and […]
Russian leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the country’s “Tsirkon” (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile tests are nearing completion and the weapon will officially start to be used by the Russian Navy in 2022. “The trials of the Tsirkon seaborne hypersonic cruise missile are coming to a close. In the course of the trials, it […]
In this special episode, we sat down with Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. He touches on the recent media reports of China reportedly testing a hypersonic missile, why that’s significant, and what it means going forward. Fisher said, “It’s a big deal for a number of reasons. China was accused […]
The Russian military on Monday announced that it has successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from a nuclear-powered submarine for the first time. The tests involved two missiles and took place in the Barents Sea in the Arctic, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed, adding that the missiles destroyed its mock targets. “The test-firing of […]
SEOUL—North Korea test-fired a newly developed hypersonic missile this week, state news media KCNA reported on Wednesday, joining a race headed by major military powers to deploy the advanced weapons system. North Korea fired the missile off its east coast towards the sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang called on the United […]
MOSCOW—Russia’s MiG-31K interceptor jet carried out a test of the Kinjal (Dagger) hypersonic missile in Russia’s part of Arctic earlier this month, TASS new agency reported on Saturday, Nov. 30, citing two military sources. The report came a day after Danish intelligence service warned of intensifying geopolitical rivalry in the Earth’s freezing North, and said […]
