Hypersonic missiles travel at speeds of at least Mach 5, which is about 3,800 mph or nearly 1 mile per second. The science behind how hypersonic weapons work is fascinating, just like their ...

One of the key military innovations of the 21st century is the development of hypersonic missiles. Leading nations are hard at work developing the technology to move missiles five times faster ...

Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group launched a ballistic missile at Israel Friday morning after vowing to keep attacking the Jewish state following a cease-fire agreement with the US earlier this week.

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) released an unclassified assessment called “Golden Dome for America: Current and Future Missile Threats to the U.S. Homeland” on Tuesday to demonstrate the type ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

Ukrainian defense intelligence says it's stripped down a new, drone-launched Russian cruise missile. The 'Banderol' missile contains parts from allied countries including the US, Japan ...

The Canadian military says problems affecting its new anti-tank missiles have been fixed, but it is declining to provide details about the technical issues that caused the weapons to malfunction.

Newsweek has contacted the Russian government for comment by email. Russia has been deploying the low-cost missile for nearly a month to strike targets across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian ...

As the United States advances its ambitious Golden Dome missile defense strategy, we face a critical question: what constitutes a truly comprehensive defense system? While advanced tracking ...