The U.S. Navy has achieved a significant milestone in its hypersonic weapons program with a successful end-to-end flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.The test validated the Navy’s cold-gas launch methodology, which enables the missile to be ejected to a safe standoff distance from the ship prior to ignition of the first-stage booster.Vice Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe Jr, Director, Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), which is the lead designer of the common hypersonic missile stated, “This technical achievement brings SSP one step closer to fulfilling our role of providing a safe and reliable hypersonic capability to our Navy,” The test is part of a broader development program in partnership with the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, following two successful end-to-end flight tests conducted in 2024.Secretary of the US Navy John Phelan stated, “The speed, range, and survivability of hypersonic weapons are key to integrated deterrence for America,” said The Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) system will be first deployed aboard the USS Zumwalt.In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how the Zumwalt class is getting closer to being armed with Hypersonic missile ?#defenseupdates #zumwalt #hypersonicmissile Chapters:0:00 TITLE00:11 INTRODUCTION01:33 SPONSORSHIP – NordVPN02:07 CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE (CPS) MISSILE04:25 THE UPGRADE06:23 ANALYSIS