The South Korean military recently revealed that it has made rapid progress in developing hypersonic missiles and is advancing plans to test them next year. Experts said that this weapon, if successful, will become a new deterrent to North Korea and significantly impact the status quo on the Korean Peninsula.
According to Yonhap News Agency, in a Jan. 24 article, the South Korean military unveiled that day, plans to assemble air-to-ground (AGM) hypersonic missiles in the second half of this year and test launch next year.
An AGM missile traveling at Mach 5 can reach Pyongyang in less than 2 minutes after being launched from an aircraft over Seoul….