question: What are hypersonic missiles ?
comment: Missiles that travel faster than Mach 5. Supersonic is faster than the speed of sound up to Mach 5, then Hypersonic is above that.
passages: In March 2018, Russia unveiled hypersonic glide vehicle Avangard.
  
  Section::::History.:Missile use.:Countermeasures.
   BULLET::::- other spaceplane projects
  
  Section::::Developing and proposed aircraft.
  
  Section::::Developing and proposed aircraft.:Hypersonic aircraft.
  
  BULLET::::- I-Plane
  
  BULLET::::- WU-14 (DF-ZF)
  
  BULLET::::- Avatar (spacecraft)
  
  BULLET::::- Advanced Technology Vehicle
  
  BULLET::::- NASA X-43
  
  BULLET::::- HyperSoar
  
  BULLET::::- Falcon HTV-2
  
  BULLET::::- LYNX
  
  BULLET::::- Boeing Commercial Airplanes Hypersonic Airliner Concept
  
  BULLET::::- Lockheed Martin SR-72
  
  BULLET::::- Tactical Boost Glide Vehicle
  
  BULLET::::- Kholod
  
  BULLET::::- PRIDE
  
  BULLET::::- Sänger II
  
  BULLET::::- SHEFEX
  
  BULLET::::- Skylon
  
  BULLET::::- Spartan
  
  BULLET::::- HEXAFLY
  
  Section::::Developing and proposed aircraft.:Cruise missiles and warheads.
  
  BULLET::::- Advanced Hypersonic Weapon
  
  BULLET::::- AGM-183A air launched rapid response weapon (ARRW, pronounced "arrow")
  
  BULLET::::- Hypersonic air-breathing weapon concept (HAWC, pronounced "hawk")
   Specifications
  
  BULLET::::- Developer: China Sea Eagle Electro-Mechanical Technology Co.
  
  BULLET::::- Length: 7.36 m
  
  BULLET::::- Diameter: 0.76 m
  
  BULLET::::- Wingspan: 2.4 m
  
  BULLET::::- Weight: 1,740 kg
  
  BULLET::::- Speed: Mach 0.8 – 0.85
  
  BULLET::::- Range: 300–500 km
  
  BULLET::::- Cruising altitude: 8 m
  
  BULLET::::- Propulsion: one turbojet engine and one solid rocket booster
  
  Section::::FL-series.
   Section::::Development history.:Advanced hypersonic weapon.
   In the same way that anti-ballistic missiles were developed as countermeasures to ballistic missiles, counter-countermeasures to hypersonics systems were not yet in development, as of 2019.
  
  Section::::Flown aircraft.
  
  Section::::Flown aircraft.:Hypersonic aircraft.
  
  BULLET::::- X-15
  
  BULLET::::- Boeing X-43 (uncrewed)
  
  BULLET::::- Boeing X-51 (uncrewed)
  
  BULLET::::- Avangard (uncrewed)
  
  BULLET::::- HSTDV (uncrewed)
  
  Section::::Flown aircraft.:Spaceplanes.
  
  BULLET::::- Space Shuttle orbiter
  
  BULLET::::- Buran (uncrewed)
  
  BULLET::::- RLV-TD (uncrewed)
  
  BULLET::::- X37 (uncrewed)
  
  BULLET::::- IXV (uncrewed)
  
  Section::::Cancelled aircraft.
  
  Section::::Cancelled aircraft.:Hypersonic aircraft.
  
  BULLET::::- Silbervogel (Sänger bomber)
  
  BULLET::::- Keldysh bomber
  
  BULLET::::- Tupolev Tu-360, follow-on to Tu-160
  
  BULLET::::- Lockheed L-301
  
  Section::::Cancelled aircraft.:Spaceplanes.
  
  BULLET::::- X-20 Dyna-Soar
  
  BULLET::::- Rockwell X-30 (National Aerospace Plane)
  
  BULLET::::- MiG-105 (Spiral)
   BULLET::::- X-51 A Waverider
  
  BULLET::::- X-20 Dyna-Soar (cancelled)
  
  BULLET::::- Rockwell X-30 (cancelled)
  
  BULLET::::- Avatar RLV (2001 Indian concept study)
  
  BULLET::::- Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (Indian project)
  
  BULLET::::- Ayaks (Russian, from 1990's)
  
  BULLET::::- WU-14 Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (Under Development)
  
  BULLET::::- Lockheed Martin SR-72 (Planned)
  
  BULLET::::- Engines
  
  BULLET::::- Rocket engine
  
  BULLET::::- Ramjet
  
  BULLET::::- Scramjet
  
  BULLET::::- Reaction Engines SABRE, LAPCAT (design studies)
  
  BULLET::::- Missiles
  
  BULLET::::- Shaurya (missile) Ballistic Missile - India (Entered Production)
  
  BULLET::::- BrahMos-II Cruise Missile - (Under Development)
  
  BULLET::::- 9K720 Iskander Short-range ballistic missile Russia (Currently In Service)
  
  BULLET::::- Other flow regimes
  
  BULLET::::- Subsonic flight
  
  BULLET::::- Transonic
  
  BULLET::::- Supersonic speed
   Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- Tactical Boost Glide – follow-on project
  
  BULLET::::- DF-ZF – a similar Chinese system
  
  BULLET::::- Avangard – a similar Russian system
  
  BULLET::::- Boeing X-51 - scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile demonstrator
  
  BULLET::::- Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle - scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile demostrator
  
  Section::::External links.
  
  BULLET::::- Falcon page on Darpa.mil
  
  BULLET::::- HCV page on Globalsecurity.org
  
  BULLET::::- "Air Drops Dummy Rocket for Darpa's Falcon", Aviation Week,
  
  BULLET::::- "Hypersonics Back in the News" on Defensetech.org
  
  BULLET::::- "Going Hypersonic: Flying FALCON for Defense" and "Air Force Plans Flight Tests Of Hypersonic Vehicle" on Space.com
  
  BULLET::::- Death of HTV explained
   In the early 21st century, boost-glide became the topic of some interest as a possible solution to the Prompt Global Strike (PGS), which seeks a weapon that can hit a target anywhere on the Earth within one hour of launch from the United States. PGS does not define the mode of operation, and current studies include Advanced Hypersonic Weapon boost-glide warhead, Falcon HTV-2 hypersonic aircraft, and submarine-launched missiles. The WU-14 would be similar to these weapons. Hypersonic Glide Vehicles could be used for delivering quick nuclear decapitating strikes.
  
  Lockheed Martin is developing the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon ARRW.
   For hypersonic research in general, tracks at Holloman Air Force Base have tested, as of 2011, small rocket sleds moving at up to (; Mach 8.5).
   BULLET::::- SOM (missile) (SOM B Block I) Turkey (350 km range under serial production, 500 km + range under development) – 500 km, 1500 km and 2500 km versions
  
  BULLET::::- SSM-N-8 Regulus (926 km) United States
  
  BULLET::::- Storm Shadow/SCALP (560 km) // UK / France / Italy
  
  BULLET::::- Taurus KEPD 350 (500+ km) // Germany / Sweden / Spain
  
  Section::::Categories.:Short-range subsonic.
  
  These are subsonic missiles which weigh around and have a range of up to .
  
  Examples:
  
  BULLET::::- Apache (100–140 km)
  
  BULLET::::- AVMT-300 (300 km) Brazil
  
  BULLET::::- C-801 (40 km) China
  
  BULLET::::- C-802 (120 km-280 km) China
  
  BULLET::::- C-803 China
  
  BULLET::::- C-805 China
  
  BULLET::::- C-602 China
  
  BULLET::::- CM-602G China
   BULLET::::- AS-1 'Kennel' (KS-1 "Kometa")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-2 'Kipper' (K-10S "Yen")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-3 'Kangaroo' (H-20)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-4 'Kitchen' (H-22 Burya)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-5 'Kelt' (H-11/KSR-2)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-6 'Kingfish' (H-26/KSR-5)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-7 'Kerry' (H-66, H-23 "Grom")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-8 (9M114V "Sturm-V")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-9 'Kyle' (H-28)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-10 'Karen' (H-25)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-11 'Kilter' (H-58 "Izdeliye")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-12 'Kegler' (H-25MP, H-27PS)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-13 'Kingbolt' (H-59 "Ovod")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-14 'Kedge' (H-29)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-15 'Kent' (H-55/H-65S "Izdeliye")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-16 'Kickback' (H-15)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-17 'Krypton' (H-31)
  
  BULLET::::- AS-18 Kazoo (H-59M "Ovod-M")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-19 'Koala' (3M25A "Meteorit-A")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-20 'Kayak' (H-35/H-37 "Uran")
  
  BULLET::::- AS-21 ("Gela", P-750 "Grom")
  
  BULLET::::- Hermes-A
   Directional HyperSpike models are in service with various domestic and international and private, law enforcement, and military users. Notable users include the United States Navy, United States Army, United States Coast Guard, Allen Country SWAT (Fort Wayne, IN), the French Navy, the Malaysian Navy, Indonesia Police and various international energy conglomerates.
  
  The MA-1 is currently in service with the United States Army for their Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) program. In addition, units have been fielded for use at large tradeshows, for the United States Air Force, and international navies.
  
  Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- Acoustic Hailing Device
  
  BULLET::::- Sound pressure
   BULLET::::- HY-1: Basic developmental version developed from the SY missiles, used only in very small numbers as land-to-ship missile for evaluation purposes. Did not enter series production and was replaced by HY-1J.
  
  BULLET::::- HY-1J: Ship-to-ship variant for Type 051 DDG
  
  BULLET::::- HY-1JA: Improved ship-to-ship variant with a new radar seeker for better anti-jamming capability and accuracy
  
  BULLET::::- HY-1A: Land-to-ship variant based on the HY-1JA
  
  BULLET::::- HY-1B: Low level target drone for the test of HQ-2A SAM
  
  BULLET::::- HJ-1YB Target drone for the test of HQ-61 SAM
  
  Specifications
  
  BULLET::::- Length: 6.60 metre
  
  BULLET::::- Diameter: 0.76 metre
  
  BULLET::::- Wingspan: 2.4 metre
   BULLET::::- Qaem
  
  BULLET::::- Taer-I
  
  BULLET::::- Taer-II A, B and S
  
  BULLET::::- Sayyad-1
  
  BULLET::::- Sayyad-1A
  
  BULLET::::- Sayyad-2
  
  BULLET::::- Sayyad-3
  
  BULLET::::- Sayyad-4
  
  BULLET::::- Shahab Thaqeb
  
  BULLET::::- SM-1
  
  BULLET::::- Herz-e-nohom
  
  BULLET::::- Raad 122 mm anti helicopter rocket
  
  Section::::Modern systems.:Iraq.
  
  BULLET::::- Al Arq (missile)
  
  BULLET::::- Al Hurriyah (missile)
  
  Section::::Modern systems.:Israel.
  
  BULLET::::- Arrow 2
  
  BULLET::::- Arrow 3
  
  BULLET::::- Barak 1
  
  BULLET::::- Barak 8
  
  BULLET::::- David's Sling (Stunner missile)
  
  BULLET::::- Iron Dome
  
  BULLET::::- SPYDER (Surface-to-Air Python and Derby)
  
  Section::::Modern systems.:Italy.
  
  BULLET::::- Aspide
  
  Section::::Modern systems.:Japan.
  
  BULLET::::- Type 91
  
  BULLET::::- Type 03 Chu-SAM
  
  BULLET::::- Type 81 Tan-SAM
  
  BULLET::::- Type 93 "Closed Arrow" SAM
   Hypersonic International Flight Research and Experimentation (HIFiRE) is a joint program of the US Department of Defense and Australian DST Group. The "purpose of this program is to investigate fundamental hypersonic phenomena and accelerate the development of aerospace vehicle technologies deemed critical to long range precision strike" by using an "affordable, accessible, prototype experimentation strategy".
  
  BULLET::::- HIFiRE 0 May 7, 2009 - First HIFiRE hypersonic test flight
  
  BULLET::::- HIFiRE 1 March 22, 2010 - Second HIFiRE hypersonic test flight
  
  BULLET::::- HIFiRE 2 May 1, 2012 - Accelerating velocity profile hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet
   BULLET::::- Wingspan: 1.2 m
  
  BULLET::::- Base weight: 60 kg
  
  BULLET::::- Warhead weight: 10 kg
  
  BULLET::::- Rocket motor thrust is 4500 Newtons: burn time is 3.5 seconds
  
  BULLET::::- Missile flight speed: 120–200 m/s
  
  BULLET::::- The rocket engine uses two laterally inclined nozzles with 300 N thrust and maximum specific impulse of 14 000 N
  
  Section::::Variants.:LORANA.:Guidance.
   BULLET::::- Pantsir-S1/SA-22 "Greyhound" (wheeled or tracked gun-missile system including SA-22)
  
  BULLET::::- 9K330 Tor/SA-15 "Gauntlet"/SA-N-9
  
  BULLET::::- 42S6 Morfey
  
  BULLET::::- S-25 Berkut/SA-1 "Guild"
  
  BULLET::::- S-75 Dvina/SA-2 "Guideline"/SA-N-2
  
  BULLET::::- S-125 Neva/Pechora/SA-3 "Goa"/SA-N-1
  
  BULLET::::- S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna/SA-5 "Gammon"
  
  BULLET::::- S-300/SA-10 "Grumble"/SA-12 "Gladiator/Giant"/SA-20 "Gargoyle"/SA-N-6
  
  BULLET::::- S-350E Vityaz 50R6
  
  BULLET::::- S-400 Triumf/SA-21 "Growler"
  
  BULLET::::- S-500 55R6M "Triumfator-M."
  
  BULLET::::- M-11 Shtorm/SA-N-3 "Goblet"
  
  BULLET::::- 9M337 Sosna-R
  
  Section::::Modern systems.:North Korea.
  
  BULLET::::- KN-06
  
  Section::::Modern systems.:Yugoslavia.
  
  BULLET::::- R-25 Vulkan
  
  Section::::Modern systems.:Multinational.
  
  BULLET::::- Aster (missile family) - France / Italy
  
  BULLET::::- RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile - United States / Germany (also has initial passive radar (ESM) guidance)
  
  BULLET::::- Roland - France / Germany
   These tests have prompted US responses in weapons development per John Hyten's USSTRATCOM statement 05:03, 8 August 2018 (UTC). At least one vendor is developing ceramics to handle the temperatures of hypersonics systems. There are over a dozen US hypersonics projects as of 2018, notes the commander of USSTRATCOM. There are also privately developed hypersonic systems.
   BULLET::::- HS-1, a former US Navy helicopter squadron known as the Seahorses, inactivated in 1997
  
  Section::::Science and technology.
  
  BULLET::::- HS1, a Hypersonic Gun tunnel at Imperial College, London, part of the UK's National Wind Tunnel Facility
  
  BULLET::::- HS1, an electrical stunning system produced by British company Ace Aquatec, used to ensure fish welfare at slaughter
  
  BULLET::::- HS1, a multimedia headset manufactured by US company Plantronics
  
  BULLET::::- HS1, a headset microphone manufactured by Australian company Røde Microphones
  
  BULLET::::- HS1, a designation for a type of automotive light bulb for motorcycles
   The introduction of successful intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in the offensive role ended any interest in the skip-glide bomber concepts, as did the reconnaissance satellite for the spyplane roles. The X-20 space fighter saw continued interest through the 1960s, but was ultimately the victim of budget cuts; after another review in March 1963, Robert McNamara canceled the program in December, noting that after $400 million had been spent they still had no mission for it to fulfill.
  
  Russia in March 2018 unveiled hypersonic glide vehicle Avangard.
  
  Section::::History.:Missile use.
   BULLET::::- YJ-6: Air launched variant of the HY-2
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-61: Improved variant of the YJ-6
  
  Specifications
  
  BULLET::::- Dimensions: Length: 7.48 m; Diameter: 0.76 m; Wingspan: 2.4 m
  
  BULLET::::- Launch weight: 2,998 kg
  
  BULLET::::- Warhead: 513 kg shaped charge high-explosive
  
  BULLET::::- Propulsion: One liquid rocket engine and one solid rocket booster
  
  BULLET::::- Speed: Mach 0.8
  
  BULLET::::- Range: 200 km 
  
  BULLET::::- Flight altitude:  20m
  
  BULLET::::- Guidance: Inertial + active conical scanning terminal guidance radar (HY-2); or inertial + infrared homing guidance (HY-2A); or inertial + monopulse active radar (HY-2B)
  
  BULLET::::- Single-shot hit probability: 90%
  
  Section::::HY-series.:HY-3.
   BULLET::::- YJ-12 (250–400 km) China
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-18 (220–540 km) China
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-91 China
  
  BULLET::::- Yun Feng Taiwan
  
  Section::::Categories.:Supersonic.:Intercontinental-range supersonic.
  
  BULLET::::- 9M730 Burevestnik Russia
  
  BULLET::::- Burya (8,500 km) USSR
  
  BULLET::::- MKR (missile) (8,000 km) USSR
  
  BULLET::::- RSS-40 Buran (8,500) USSR
  
  BULLET::::- SLAM (182,000 km) United States
  
  BULLET::::- SM-62 Snark (10,200 km) United States
  
  BULLET::::- SM-64 Navaho (6,500 km) United States
  
  Section::::Categories.:Long-range subsonic.
   BULLET::::- AGM-176 Griffin (in service)
  
  BULLET::::- AGM-X (in development)
  
  BULLET::::- Bold Orion (prototype)
  
  BULLET::::- GAM-87 Skybolt (air-launched ballistic missile; project cancelled)
  
  BULLET::::- High Virgo (prototype)
  
  BULLET::::- AGM-179 JAGM (in development)
  
  BULLET::::- AGM-183 ARRW (in development)
  
  Section::::List of air-to-surface missiles.:USSR/Russian Federation.
  
  BULLET::::- R-82
  
  BULLET::::- S-5
  
  BULLET::::- S-8
  
  BULLET::::- S-13
  
  BULLET::::- S-24
  
  BULLET::::- S-25
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-15
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-20
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-22 (; AS-4 'Kitchen')
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-23/Kh-66 'Grom' (Russian: "Х-23 Гром" 'Thunder'; NATO:AS-7 'Kerry')
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-25 (AS-10 'Karen')
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-29 (AS-14 'Kedge')
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-31 (AS-17 'Krypton')
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-32 (AS-4 'Krypton')
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-38
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-59 (AS-13 'Kingbolt')
  
  BULLET::::- Kh-90 (AS-X-19 'Koala')
   BULLET::::- YJ-82A (C-802A) – Improved YJ-82 showcased at DSEI in 2005, with published range of 180 km.
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-82K (C-802K) – Air-launched version of YJ-82 
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-83 (C-803) – Extended range supersonic version of YJ-82 developed in the mid 1990s
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-83K (C-803K) – Air-launched version of YJ-83
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-85 (C-805) – Land-attack cruise missile (LACM) version under development
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-12
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-18
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-100
  
  BULLET::::- DH-10 – Cruise missile able to carry a wide range of warheads, including nuclear and EMP weapons.
  
  BULLET::::- YJ-91
  
  BULLET::::- HN-1 – Hong Niao-1 cruise missile
  
  BULLET::::- HN-2 – Hong Niao-2 cruise missile
  
  BULLET::::- HN-3 – Hong Niao-3 cruise missile
   BULLET::::- Javelin
  
  BULLET::::- Rapier
  
  BULLET::::- Sea Cat - United Kingdom
  
  BULLET::::- Sea Slug
  
  BULLET::::- Sea Dart
  
  BULLET::::- Sea Wolf
  
  BULLET::::- Starstreak/laser
  
  BULLET::::- Starburst/laser
  
  BULLET::::- CAMM (missile family)
  
  Section::::Modern systems.:United States.
  
  BULLET::::- AN/TWQ-1 Avenger
  
  BULLET::::- Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
  
  BULLET::::- FIM-43 Redeye
  
  BULLET::::- FIM-92 Stinger
  
  BULLET::::- MIM-3 Nike Ajax
  
  BULLET::::- MIM-14 Nike-Hercules
  
  BULLET::::- CIM-10 BOMARC
  
  BULLET::::- MIM-23 Hawk
  
  BULLET::::- MIM-72 Chaparral - This is a ground-launched version of the AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM
  
  BULLET::::- MIM-104 Patriot
  
  BULLET::::- RIM-24 Tartar
  
  BULLET::::- RIM-2 Terrier
  
  BULLET::::- RIM-8 Talos
  
  BULLET::::- RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (aka Basic Point Defense Missile System (BPDMS))
  
  BULLET::::- RIM-50 Typhon
  