US still trying to recycle failed hypersonic missile programs Long expected to be the first hypersonic weapon in any Western arsenal, the AGM-183A's "problematic" testing record forced the US military to look for alternatives. The problem is – the alternatives are also years behind schedule and suffer from identical issues such as excessive costs, unreliability, repeated test failures and lack of progress in improving the design. https://infobrics.org/en/post/103484