ALT Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) fires an SM-2 missile during an exercise. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

ALT The U.S. Navy’s new guided missile destroyer, USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) launching at Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

ALT A red streak of light in space caused by the flight of a hypersonic missile.

ALT A trail of light from a missile streaking through the sky.

ALT A long-range ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

ALT The U.S. Navy’s new guided missile destroyer, USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on June 4, 2021.

ALT The U.S. Navy’s new guided missile destroyer, USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on June 4, 2021. Raytheon Missiles & Defense is working with the shipbuilder to integrate the AN/SPY-6(V)1, also called SPY-6, integrated air and missile defense radar onto the ship. (Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

ALT An artist's rendering of a hypersonic missile in flight.

ALT Standard Missile-3 launches from USS Paul Ignatius during NATO's Formidable Shield missile defense exercise. (Photo: US Navy)

ALT An SM-6 missile fired from the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones intercepts a medium-range ballistic missile target. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

ALT A view from space of a hypersonic missile in flight.

ALT Naval Strike Missile fires from a ground-based launcher.

ALT An artist's rendering of hypersonic weapons in flight.