The latest in hypersonic weapons and missile defense news across the U.S. and the world, with commentary from Quilty Space. September was the month for sharing news about secret hypersonic projects. Varda Space’s previously undisclosed hypersonic tracking experiment with Leolabs and Anduril stayed under wraps for four months, as did Ursa Major and AFRL’s “Angry Tortoise” affordable hypersonic demonstrator. Countries in Asia also showed their cards, with South Korea sharing that it test-fired a hypersonic platform 15 months ago, and Taiwan disclosing a domestically developed countermissile system that could deal serious stopping power to any invasion. Why all the sudden honesty?