Pentagon Confirms Developing a Range of Hypersonic Weapons

By Staff, Agencies

US War Department press secretary Jonathan Hoffman confirmed that the Pentagon is developing a sophisticated hypersonic missile that was earlier touted by US President Donald Trump.

He tweeted on Friday that the department is in the process of developing a spate of hypersonic missiles "to counter our adversaries".

The statement came after Trump told reporters earlier in the day that the US is currently working on what he described as a "super duper missile" which he claimed is "17 times faster than what they have right now, when you take the fastest missile we have right now".

According to him, the new missile's specifications should be superior to those of the hypersonic missiles currently developed by Russia and China.

Trump spoke after the website Defense News cited US Air Force [USAF] acquisition executive Will Roper as saying during a press briefing in late April that the USAF is interested in getting information from businesses to start up a new prototyping program pertaining to hypersonic cruise missile technology in the near future.