Hypersonic Missile Technology is a new weapons system which is already being deployed by Russia and China.
The test was conducted at a NASA facility in Wallops, Virginia.
It is a significant step in development of a Navy-designed common hypersonic missile.
This test by US demonstrated advanced hypersonic technologies, prototype systems and capabilities in a realistic operating Environment.
Hypersonic missiles such as traditional ballistic missiles can fly at five times the speed of Sound that is, Mach 5.
These missiles are more manoeuvrable as compared to their ballistic counterparts.