March 25, 2026Updated March 26, 2026, 3:08 p.m. ET

An unknown missile is test-launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station March 26, 2026. Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY by way of USA TODAY NETWORK
Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY

An unknown missile is test-launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station March 26, 2026.
Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY

An unknown missile is test-launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station March 26, 2026. Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY by way of USA TODAY NETWORK
Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY

U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs conducts a cold-gas launch of a standard hypersonic missile April 25 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
U.S. Navy

A Stratolaunch Talon-A autonomous hypersonic automobile.
Provided By Stratolaunch

The U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs, launches a hypersonic missile Dec. 12, 2024, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Department Of Defense

This artist’s rendering depicts L3Harris Technologies-developed satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 3 Tracking Layer program, which can present infrared sensing, superior on-orbit knowledge processing, and detection of hypersonic and ballistic missiles.
Provided By L3Harris Technologies

The Spaceport Company launches an Evolution Space interceptor missile in an August 2024 offshore hypersonic check within the Gulf of Mexico about 30 miles south of the Mississippi shoreline.
The Spaceport Company

U.S. Army troopers assigned to a multi-domain artillery battery follow function the brand new Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) in March 2023 throughout Operation Thunderbolt Strike at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Spc. Chandler Coats, U.S. Army

A hypersonic missile takes flight in June 2024 from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.
U.S. Navy

This display screen seize of a Temporary Flight Restriction issued by the Federal Aviation Administration exhibits air house closed on Wednesday, Sept. 6, for an suspected hypersonic missile check from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Federal Aviation Administration

An unknown missile is test-launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station March 26, 2026. Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY by way of USA TODAY NETWORK
Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY

An unknown missile is test-launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station March 26, 2026. Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY by way of USA TODAY NETWORK
Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY