The agreement comes as research and development intensifies in the U.S. to catch up with hypersonic weapons developments by both China and Russia.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley announced the latest tranche of military equipment for Ukraine.

The U.S. will send up to $2.5 billion more in military aid for Ukraine.

The Point Blank system was developed by IAI’s Elta business.

Tokyo is developing a cruise missile with an interchangeable warhead.

The U.S. Marine Corps will field the Kongsberg/Raytheon Naval Strike Missile over the next two years.

Despite as many as 640 aircraft losses for the U.S., Japan and Taiwan in one scenario, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is more likely than not to fail, CSIS says.

The “Sabre” system would collect and relay telemetry data from U.S. missile test ranges.