AUKUS Partners to Accelerate Hypersonic Missile Development

Other nations have, or claim to have, the technology and to have conducted successful tests so Australia, the UK, and US are racing to catch up.

The U.S. Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle emerges from its rocket nose cone and prepares to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere, in this illustration. Courtesy of DARPA

Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have agreed to accelerate their testing of hypersonic technology as more countries acquire the weapons.

India recently announced it had successfully tested the weapons. There are also reports that both North Korea and Iran have also launched successful test flights. Japan, Israel, South Korea, and Brazil are working on development.