“Today, our team comprises about 200 people, primarily experts and engineers in various fields with experience in major aerospace companies and institutions,” he said. “Destinus has already flown two prototypes to validate the model and the system,” said Danylyuk “Destinus 3 is expected to fly around 2025 with a liquid hydrogen-fueled aft

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 also introduced hypersonic weapons on the battlefield for the first time as Russia began employing the use of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. By February 2024, Russia used a Zircon hypersonic missile to strike Kyiv, which Russia said has “a range of 1,000 km (625 miles) and travels at nine times the

As these technologies continue to develop in the coming years, they will be featured in future conflicts such as a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan by 2027. China has become a scientific superpower as The Economist wrote. However, China has been pushing to take the lead in hypersonic materials science. One advantage for the Western alliance is