FOX NEWS: Army, Air Force Research Labs set sights on new hypersonic weapons

Army, Air Force Research Labs set sights on new hypersonic weapons



They can take out targets faster than enemies can respond by destroying a wide range of air, sea, land and space targets. Traveling at five-times the speed of sound, they are nearly impossible to defend against and place fighter jets, ships, ground vehicles, satellites and ground assets at tremendous risk of nearly instant destruction -- they are hypersonic weapons.