Examples of hypersonic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Tass reported this week that Moscow completed testing its hypersonic cruise missile and intends to put it into use. — Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post, 19 July 2022 The superior maneuverability of the hypersonic glide vehicle was more strikingly verified through the final test-fire. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2022 The test weapon -- which sources say was a less maneuverable version of a hypersonic glide vehicle designed to evade missile defenses -- splashed down harmlessly in the sea between China and Japan, thousands of miles away from threatening America. — Katie Bo Lillis, Barbara Starr And Oren Liebermann, CNN, 13 Jan. 2022 China's test involved a hypersonic glide vehicle, according to reports. — USA Today, 4 Nov. 2021 As The Washington Post reported last week, a test conducted in August involved a nuclear-capable hypersonic vehicle that partially orbited the globe before hurtling to Earth. — Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2021 China has also tested a wave-riding hypersonic vehicle called Starry Sky-2. — Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021 Engineers on the project eventually want to use the carrier to launch a reusable hypersonic flight research vehicle called the Talon-A craft, which is 28 feet long. — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2021 North Korea has conducted a flurry of missile launches this year, from hypersonic weapons to tests of its largest intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) for the first time in nearly five years. — Fox News, 6 June 2022 See More

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