{"id":144399,"date":"2026-01-18T03:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144399"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:30:16","slug":"us-blows-past-another-deadline-to-field-its-first-hypersonic-missileunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144399","title":{"rendered":"US blows past another deadline to field its first hypersonic missileUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe army has once again missed its own deadline for fielding the first US hypersonic weapon, in a sign that one of the Pentagon\u2019s top priorities is still running late.<br \/>\nThe unit responsible for using the advanced weapon is trained and ready, but the missile \u2013 part of a US$10.4 billion hypersonic programme \u2013 is not ready for use. And while the army as recently as last month said that it planned to field the weapon by the end of 2025, the army acknowledged this week that it missed that&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3340291\/us-blows-past-another-deadline-field-its-first-hypersonic-missile?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe army has once again missed its own deadline for fielding the first US hypersonic weapon, in a sign that one&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144399"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}