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Evening Standard
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Sophie Wingate and John Dunne

UK-made hypersonic missile 'could enter service by 2030'

Britain plans to deploy a UK-made hypersonic cruise missile by 2030, it has been reported.

Military chiefs want to catch up with China, Russia and the United States by developing a weapon capable of flying at speeds higher than Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, according to The Telegraph.

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