The Japanese missile can evade defenses by traveling at more than five times the speed of sound and maneuvering within the atmosphere.
Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.
After warning U.S. officials of its intention to launch, Russia lobbed a mysterious new ballistic missile—initially mistaken for a nuclear-capable ICBM—at the city of Dnipro in eastern Ukraine ...
They come in three primary types: cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles, each designed for specific military purposes. Cruise missiles fly at low altitudes, making them ...