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U.S. Unveils Hypersonic Missile with Game-Changing Tech

10/5/2025

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The U.S. is developing the hypersonic Angry Tortoise missile with the Draper liquid-fueled engine enabling in-flight trajectory changes.
Draper’s design aims for better storage and reusability than solid-fueled engines.
December test at White Sands, NM, is planned. 2026 Pacific tests follow. State actors threaten infrastructure, and Yudkowsky and Soares warn artificial superintelligence (ASI) could threaten humanity.

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Story summary

The U.S. is developing the hypersonic Angry Tortoise missile with the Draper liquid-fueled engine enabling in-flight trajectory changes.
Draper’s design aims for better storage and reusability than solid-fueled engines.
December test at White Sands, NM, is planned. 2026 Pacific tests follow. State actors threaten infrastructure, and Yudkowsky and Soares warn artificial superintelligence (ASI) could threaten humanity.