{
  "id": 6429407,
  "title": "US scrambles to match China’s air-breathing hypersonic missiles with Darpa programme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/us-scrambles-to-match-chinas-air-breathing-hypersonic-missiles-with-6429407",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T14:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3366908/us-scrambles-match-chinas-air-breathing-hypersonic-missiles-darpa-programme"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A year after China unveiled the world’s first operational air-breathing hypersonic missiles, the United States is launching a programme to double down on developing similar weapons. The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) will bring contractors together later this month to lay out what it wants from the Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile, with air-breathing propulsion at…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US scrambles to match China’s air-breathing hypersonic missiles with Darpa programme",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/us-scrambles-to-match-chinas-air-breathing-hypersonic-missiles-with",
        "published": "2026-09-09T14:00:09.000Z"
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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."
}