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  • Hypersonic missiles are stirring fears in the Iran-Israel conflict. Here’s why

    06/18/2025 4:51:17 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 28 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 11:34 AM CDT, June 18, 2025 | Sam McNeil
    BARCELONA (AP) — Iran is boasting that it has hypersonic missiles and says it already has begun firing the cutting-edge weapons at Israel.There is no evidence that Iran has unleashed the missiles, and experts are skeptical of the claim.But the use of these fast-moving projectiles could test Israel’s vaunted missile-defense system and alter the course of the fighting between the two bitter enemies.Here’s a closer look at these advanced weapons:What is a hypersonic missile and what makes them so feared?Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claimed Wednesday that it had fired what it said were hypersonic “Fattah 1” missiles toward Israel. But...