TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. will consider joint research on missile technology to intercept hypersonic glide weapons believed to have been deployed by China and Russia, Nikkei has learned.
New generation of Russian and Chinese weapons can evade existing defenses
China's DF-17 missile is capable of carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle warhead. © Reuters
TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. will consider joint research on missile technology to intercept hypersonic glide weapons believed to have been deployed by China and Russia, Nikkei has learned.