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The engineers were building a prototype hypersonic cruise missile, and they had a choice: They could either assemble it behind closed doors, then show it to U.S. Department of Defense officials, or
US Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall acknowledged that the latest test of the hypersonic missile ARRW was not a success, even though it met some of the objectives.
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Hypersonic weapons, including missiles, travel at Mach 5 to Mach 25, about 1 to 5 miles per second (1.6 to 8 kilometres per second). The weapons drastically reduce the time for opposing forces to mount a defence, and can follow trajectories substantially different to traditional supersonic weapons, which makes them harder to intercept.
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