Understanding the DF-17 One such system is the Dong Feng-17 (DF-17) Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM). It comes equipped with a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV), which can fly at speeds above ...

China’s Dong-Feng 17 (DF-17) hypersonic missile was specifically developed to ...

As hypersonic missiles like China’s DF-27 pose a sophisticated threat with their ability to evade traditional missile defences, the US is countering with innovation, as it often does best.

This new initiative expands upon decades of U.S. missile defense efforts, building on technologies from the Reagan-era ...

'The rocket rose into the sky like a giant, flaming dragon, piercing through fog and clouds and charging towards vast space,' the troop wrote. China has released rare footage of its nuclear ...

current missile defenses would likely struggle against actual hypersonic weapons like China's DF-17 equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle or Russia's Zircon scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise ...