{
  "id": 13949163,
  "title": "US turns to low-cost Blackbeard hypersonic missiles to overwhelm Chinese defences",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/us-turns-to-low-cost-blackbeard-hypersonic-missiles-to-overwhelm-13949163",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T12:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3370598/us-turns-low-cost-blackbeard-hypersonic-missiles-overwhelm-chinese-defences"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Navy aims to field a relatively low-cost hypersonic missile on its carrier-based fighters, a weapon that could pose a new challenge to the air defences protecting Chinese warships and coastal military installations, experts said. California-based defence company Castelion’s Blackbeard is designed to fly at more than five times the speed of sound and strike ships and land targets. Unlike…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US turns to low-cost Blackbeard hypersonic missiles to overwhelm Chinese defences",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/us-turns-to-low-cost-blackbeard-hypersonic-missiles-to-overwhelm",
        "published": "2026-10-12T12:00:19.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}