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1 A version of the Falcon missile was briefly designated the F-104 before it was redesignated as the F-98. [78] 2 The X-11 and X-12 designations were assigned to one and three engine test missiles that would have been used to develop a five-engine version of the Atlas missile. [78] United States Air Force designation system, 1955–1963 [78]
The Silbervogel was the first design for a hypersonic weapon and was developed by German scientists in the 1930s, but was never constructed. [6]The ASALM (Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile) was a medium-range strategic missile program developed in the late 1970s for the United States Air Force; the missile's development reached the stage of propulsion-system testing, test-flown to Mach 5 ...
A hypersonic weapon is a weapon capable of travelling at hypersonic speed, defined as between 5 and 25 times the speed of sound or about 1 to 5 miles per second (1.6 to 8.0 km/s). The main article for this category is Hypersonic weapon .
The next-gen hypersonic missiles can fly low (below 60,000 feet), adjust course midflight, and maneuver around missile-defense systems. Military analysts have called them “unstoppable.”
This list does not consist of all weapons used by all countries in World War II. By country. List of World War II weapons of Australia;
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The United States, China, Russia and other countries have also been developing hypersonic weapons in recent years. Hypersonic missiles typically launch a warhead that travels at more than five ...
Nirbhay – Anti-ship cruise missile with the range of 1,000 km to 1,500 km at the speed of 0.7 to 0.9 mach.(Operational) BrahMos-NG – Miniaturized version of the Brahmos. (Under development) BrahMos-II - Mach 7 Hypersonic cruise missile (range of 1000 km). (Under development)