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A '''hypersonic missile''' travels at extremely high speech, typically greater than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5), which makes them more difficult to shoot down with a missile defense system. | A '''hypersonic missile''' travels at extremely high speech, typically greater than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5), which makes them more difficult to shoot down with a missile defense system. | ||
| − | Former SpaceX employees founded Castelion, which is a private-sector company attempting to develop this advanced technology.<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/castelion-raises-350m-series-b-to-scale-hypersonic-missile-business/</ref> [[China]] and [[ | + | Former SpaceX employees founded Castelion, which is a private-sector company attempting to develop this advanced technology.<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/castelion-raises-350m-series-b-to-scale-hypersonic-missile-business/</ref> [[China]], [[Russia]] and [[Iran]] have developed this technology. |
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Revision as of 16:02, July 5, 2025
A hypersonic missile travels at extremely high speech, typically greater than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5), which makes them more difficult to shoot down with a missile defense system.
Former SpaceX employees founded Castelion, which is a private-sector company attempting to develop this advanced technology.[1] China, Russia and Iran have developed this technology.