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Military conducts tests to further hypersonic missile development

By Mike Brest
Published October 21, 2021 7:57pm ET
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Military conducts tests to further hypersonic missile development
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The U.S. Army and Navy successfully tested three hypersonic weapon component prototypes on Wednesday, the Navy announced a day later.

The Sandia National Laboratories conducted the tests at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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