Country rankings
Which Countries have Hypersonic Missiles?
Russia has the highest # of Models of Hypersonic Missile (7), followed by China (6) and United States (5). Australia has the lowest (1).
Military12 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Nov 22, 2025Original page
15 sources
- What Are Hypersonic Weapons and Who Has Them? - VOA News
- The Physics and Hype of Hypersonic Weapons - Scientific American
- Hypersonic weapon - Wikipedia
- SCIFiRE Hypersonics - AirForce
- 14-X - Wiki
- US Defense Officials: China Is Leading in Hypersonic Weapons - VOA
- DF-27 - Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
- China reveals Lingyun-1 hypersonic missile at National Science and Technology expo - The Defense Post
- France conducts its first hypersonic glide vehicle test - Missile Dialogue Initiative
- Japan Tests Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile – HVGP - Naval News
- 3M22 Zircon - Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
- Avangard - Missile Threat
- Analysis: Russia uses new hypersonic missiles in Ukraine which cannot be intercepted - Army Recognition
- UK to Deploy First Domestically-Made Hypersonic Missile by 2030 - The Defense Post
- Japan’s hypersonic weapons programs - ADM
# of Models of Hypersonic MissileBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
12 of 235 countries# of Models of Hypersonic Missile
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2
Middle half 1 – 4.25
Average
3
12 countries
Highest
7
Russia
Lowest
1
Australia
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12 countries · # = rank by # of Models of Hypersonic Missile
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| 1 |  Russia | 7 | 3M22 Zircon, Avangard+5 | Developed, Developed+5 | 3M22 Zircon or the SS-N-33 is a maneuvering anti-ship hypersonic cruise missile., Avangard is a nuclear-capable, hypersonic boost-glide vehicle developed by the Russian Federation. It was one of six “next generation”.+1 |
| 2 |  China | 6 | DF-ZF, DF-27+4 | Developed, Developed+4 | DF-ZF - hypersonic glide vehicle, with a range of close to 2,000 kilometers., DF-27 - Hypersonic Glide Vehicle-armed Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile, with land attack and antiship variants.+1 |
| 3 |  United States | 5 | HAWC, (LRHW - Dark Eagle+4 | Developed, In Development+4 | The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) is a scramjet powered hypersonic air-launched cruise missile. On 30 January 2023, the final successful flight test of the HAWC was reported., is a medium-range surface-to-surface hypersonic weapon being developed for use by t… |
| 4 |  India | 4 | Shaurya, BrahMos-II+2 | Developed, In Development+2 | Shaurya (IAST: shāurya, meaning 'Bravery') is a canister-launched hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical missile developed by the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for use by the Indian Armed Forces.| BrahMos Mark II is a hypersonic scramjet-propelled… |
| 4 |  North Korea | 4 | Hwasong-8, Hwasong-11E+2 | Developed, In Development+2 | Hwasong-8 is a North Korean missile claimed to be mounting a hypersonic glide vehicle, which was first tested on 14 September 2021., The Hwasong-11Eis a North Korean short-range or medium-range ballistic missile. It was first revealed on 4 October 2025 during a military exhib… |
| 6 |  Japan | 2 | Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP), Hypersonic Cruise Missile (HCM) | In Development | The HVGP is a new weapon scheduled to be deployed by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) starting in the fiscal year 2026. The hypersonic weapon is being developed for “island defense” roles., The HCM is being designed to use a dual-mode scramjet engine to hit both sh… |
| 6 |  France | 2 | V-MAX, VMaX-2 | Developed, In Development | V-MAX - hypersonic glide vehicle (first flight test took place on June 26, 2023, from the DGA's site in Biscarrosse and was successful, VMaX-2 - hypersonic glide vehicle (first flight test scheduled for 2024 or 2025. |
| 6 |  South Korea | 2 | Hycore, HAGM | In Development, In Development | The Hycore, is equipped with a two-stage rocket booster. It is scheduled for flight testing in 2022 and enter service in the mid-2020s., The HAGM is an air-to-ground missile designed to be launched from the KF‑21 Boramae fighter jet. It is intended to fly at hypersonic speeds… |
| 9 |  Brazil | 1 | 14-X | In Development | The 14-X is a Brazilian scramjet engine in development by the Aerothermodynamics and Hypersonics Laboratory Henry T. Nagamatsu of the Institute of Advanced Studies. The technology is considered by Brazil as one of the most efficient means of accessing space in the near future,… |
| 9 |  Iran | 1 | Fattah | Developed | Fattah - is an Iranian hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile developed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and unveiled in 2023. It is Iran's first hypersonic ballistic missile. |
| 9 |  United Kingdom | 1 | Hypersonic cruise missile by 2030 | In Development | The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to deploy the country’s first domestically-made hypersonic cruise missile by 2030. |
| 9 |  Australia | 1 | SCIFiRE | In Development | Collaborative program between the US and Australia. Expected to enter service 2026-2031.The new weapon will be a Mach 5-class precision strike missile that is propulsion-launched and powered by an air-breathing scramjet engine. |
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest # of Models of Hypersonic Missile?
- Russia has the highest # of Models of Hypersonic Missile, at 7, followed by China (6) and United States (5).
- Which country has the lowest # of Models of Hypersonic Missile?
- Australia has the lowest # of Models of Hypersonic Missile, at 1.
- What is the median # of Models of Hypersonic Missile across countries?
- The median is 2 across the 12 countries with data.
- Where does this which countries have hypersonic missiles? data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: What Are Hypersonic Weapons and Who Has Them? - VOA News; The Physics and Hype of Hypersonic Weapons - Scientific American; Hypersonic weapon - Wikipedia; SCIFiRE Hypersonics - AirForce.