After a second test of the high tech weapon failed, the United States fell behind Russia and China.
According to statements from the Department of Defense, this week's hypersonic weapons tests in Hawaii failed, though they didn't give many details.
Tim Gorman, a Pentagon spokesman and Navy lieutenant commander, said in a statement to the magazine that there was an "anomaly" after the test asset was started.
The missile prototype, known as "Conventional Prompt Strike," never even got off the launchpad back in October 2021, when it failed to launch just days after China successfully tested a hypersonic missile.
Russia was the first country to successfully complete a launch of these next-generation missiles that can travel up to a whopping 27 times faster than the speed of sound.
Though the American military has had setbacks when it comes to these futuristic missiles, it have successfully launched at least one hypersonic weapon, according to reports at the time.
In addition to Russia and China, North Korea is said to have launched at least two hypersonic missiles that traveled hundreds of kilometers.
As with every other arms race we find ourselves in with forces painted by our government as the new axis of evil, it's important to contextualize reporting on these types of terrifying weapons with the simple question posed by the 70's one-hit wonder band.
The US hypersonic missile failed in a test.
The US military would like to shoot down hypersonic missiles with smaller ones.
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