Tuesday's launch was North Korea’s second test of its purported hypersonic missile in a week. This month’s launches follow a series of weapons tests in 2021. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it believes North Korea hasn’t acquired the technologies needed to launch a hypersonic weapon. It’s the second known test-flight of a hypersonic missile since North Korea first tested such a weapon last September. The Japanese Defense Ministry also detected the North Korean launch, saying the country likely fired a missile. Expect to learn more about an enlisted force development plan in 2022, too. "Simply put, we don’t know enough," Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) said. An Army hypersonic unit is already working through tactics and techniques as it awaits the new missile. The Air Force wants to make a "bomb bay in a box" to load on cargo planes — and for the first time launched an armed cruise missile in this way. The ship will be based at Pearl Harbor in Inouye’s home state. Load More