The United States, United Kingdom and Australia on Tuesday (April 5) pledged to work together to develop hypersonic missiles as part of a security pact between the three countries announced last year.
The leaders of the three countries said in a joint statement that they pledged “to commence new trilateral cooperation on hypersonics and counter-hypersonics, and electronic warfare capabilities.”
The U.S., U.K. and Australia launched the AUKUS trilateral security partnership in September to deepen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
CNN reported on Tuesday that the U.S. successfully tested a hypersonic missile last month but kept it under wraps in order to avoid escalating tensions with Russia amid the war in Ukraine.
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