How to Use hypersonic in a Sentence

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• Wilcox estimates a working hypersonic weapon is still five to 10 years away.
  — David Martin, CBS News, 13 July 2018
• Developing and building a hypersonic jet would cost billions, but is the payoff worth it?
  — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 27 June 2018
• On a hypersonic flight, Bowcutt said, that sensation would last for about 12 minutes.
  — Denise Chow /, NBC News, 28 June 2018
• With their ability to fly at well over five times the speed of sound, hypersonic missiles are in the top five on the wish lists of every major or even medium military power.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 July 2024
• But the real advancement, the commission notes, is in hypersonic missiles.
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 14 Nov. 2018
• The company has unveiled plans for a pair of hypersonic flying testbeds that could be launched from its very large carrier aircraft, Aviation Week says.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2018
• Waverider technology could still find its way into a hypersonic weapon, military officials have said.
  — Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2018
• Both of those countries are developing hypersonic missiles, officials said.
  — Courtney McBride, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019
• This hypersonic weapons acceleration is taking place within a high-threat global environment.
  — Kris Osborn, Fox News, 19 Sep. 2018
• But much of the physics of hypersonic flight is still a mystery.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2021
• Each of the three ships are also set to receive up to a dozen hypersonic missiles.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2022
• Putin went on to claim that a number of warships will soon be equipped with hypersonic weapons.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 31 July 2022
• On the other hand, China can’t even be sure that its hypersonic weapons will work as planned.
  — Michael Peck, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• The Zumwalt test-fired an SM-2 missile for the first time last fall and the Navy recently announced that the ships would be the first to field its new hypersonic missiles.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021
• Has Iran made it to the A-list among countries that can produce hypersonic missiles?
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 9 June 2023
• The third craft in blue looks like a hypersonic glide vehicle.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Sep. 2022
• If Russia can field numbers of its new hypersonic missiles, the game may be about to change.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
• But at hypersonic speeds, the movement of the jet itself compresses the air.
  — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• The United States is racing to catch up on hypersonic weapons.
  — Rose Wagner, baltimoresun.com, 1 July 2021
• Its navy has advanced hypersonic missiles and more ships than the U.S. Navy.
  — Jane Perlez, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
• The rocket went hypersonic and reached space, but failed to make it into orbit.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023
• An even longer-range hypersonic missile is also in the works.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• If this happens, the Zumwalts could become the first surface ships equipped with both hypersonic and laser weaponry.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2021
• The warheads then streak down on the target below at hypersonic speeds.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2019
• That includes the use of hypersonic missiles, which fly up to 15 times the speed of sound and can easily evade air defense systems.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
• True, tougher tasks lie ahead to manage new threats such as hypersonic weapons and cyber-warfare.
  — The Economist, 27 Dec. 2019
• And the Army is developing its plans to combat hypersonic space weapons in Huntsville.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 20 Sep. 2019
• The daylight attack included the use of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, one of the most advanced Russian weapons, the air force said.
  — Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 8 July 2024
• Among the weapons were six hypersonic Kinzhal cruise missiles, Ukrainian air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said.
  — Hanna Arhirova and Elena Becatoros, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
• But even with better radar detection, the physics of hypersonic weapons will still vex the defenders.
  — Michael Peck, Forbes, 17 June 2021

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024