The U.S. military inched closer to fielding a new class of ultra-fast, maneuvering weapons -- a 16-year odyssey to precisely attack targets more than 2,000 miles away with a non-nuclear strike -- following a "successful" flight test over the Atlantic Ocean of the Common Hypersonic Missile. On Dec. 12, the Pentagon announced the Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), in collaboration with the Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), “recently” executed a “successful end-to-end flight test of a conventional...
