South Korea Conducts Secret Hypersonic Test Flight

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Kim Minseok
September 08, 2025

Credit: South Korean Agency for Defense Development

secret hycore flight test in south korea — Credit: South Korean Agency for Defense Development

SEOUL—South Korea has quietly advanced its hypersonic weapons program with a successful test of its HyCore technology demonstrator, achieving speeds of up to Mach 6 during a June 2024 flight that remained undisclosed until now. The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) confirmed the flight test this…

Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

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