The U.S. has been developing hypersonic weapons since the early 2000s, according to a Congressional Research Service report published in July last year
Daily Mail: Revealed: The 'big, powerful and lethal' hypersonic weapons that Trump boasted the U.S. is currently building that can travel more than five times the speed of sound
* Donald Trump said on Wednesday that U.S. is currently building 'many' hypersonic missiles
* He made the comments during his national address on the escalating tensions with Iran after the missile strikes on U.S. troops
* The hypersonic missiles being developed can travel at more than five times the speed of sound
* Unlike ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons don't follow a ballistic trajectory and can maneuver en route to their destination
* The Pentagon has also previously said the U.S. has been working on the development of hypersonic weapons in recent years
* The push for testing and deployment of hypersonics comes after years of stop-start development and a need to now catch up with China and Russia
President Donald Trump has revealed that the United States is currently developing 'many' super-fast hypersonic missiles and boasted that the American weapons were 'big, powerful, lethal and fast'.
It comes after the U.S Army awarded a $2.5 billion contract to aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin to build them with the aim of having at least one ready by the end of next year.
Trump's mention of the hypersonic missiles was dropped briefly into his national address on Wednesday as he spoke of the escalating tensions with Iran just hours after Iranian forces fired missiles at military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq.
It is no secret that the U.S. has been working on developing hypersonic weapons, but Trump's speech implied that multiple missiles were currently being built.
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