Third Time’s Not the Charm: Pentagon Sweating Bullets as Hypersonic Tests Fail Three Times in a Row

Russia and China deployed their first hypersonic capabilities in 2017 and 2019, respectively, with other nations, including North and South Korea, France, Japan Australia and India also researching the new class of weaponry. The United States has over half-a-dozen hypersonic weapons systems in development, but none have been fielded.