What to know about hypersonic missiles Russia is using in Ukraine

The missiles are hard to track, trace and destroy before they hit their target.

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, called the incident very close to the kind of "Sputnik moment" that triggered the Space Race during the Cold War.As China and Russia advance their work on hypersonic missiles, the U.S. has shown "growing interest in pursuing the development and near-term deployment of hypersonic systems," according to the CRS report.

Military contractors are working on and testing HGV and hypersonic cruise missile systems for the Army, Navy and Air Force.The tests were criticized by the U.S., U.K. and Japan as being "destabilizing" actions.What is a Kinzhal missile?

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