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Cheap, Fast, and Deadly - The New American Hyper-Weapon

China’s growing hypersonic force is now assessed as capable of reaching American carrier groups in the first minutes of a Pacific conflict. After a decade of stalled projects and cancelled contracts, and with the Pentagon's 2027 Taiwan forecast drawing nearer, the Air Force needed a hypersonic strike option it could actually deploy. Instead of another high-cost design, it turned to a Colorado startup and 3D-printed rocket parts. The result, unveiled in September 2025, has an unlikely name: Angry Tortoise. And for the first time in years, the United States believes it may have a way to close the hypersonic gap.