For 2023 the United States needs a little hypersonic tonic. The security of the U.S. homeland and that of U.S. allies and bases overseas may just depend upon it.
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The following is the Oct. 3, 2022, Congressional Research Service report, Hypersonic Missile Defense From the report Hypersonic weapons, like ballistic missiles, fly at speeds of at least Mach 5, or roughly 1 mile per second. Unlike ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons do not follow a ballistic trajectory and can maneuver en route to their target. […]
Homeland missile defense faces an uncertain future. The United States deploys 44 ground-based interceptors to Alaska and California and a global sensor network to defend the homeland from a limited attack. But as these systems age and the foreign missile threat grows, the U.S. needs to commit to ensuring an adequate missile defense for the future. A strong missile defense offers many benefits. Most importantly, it can save hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of American lives, from a limited nuclear attack.
The MDA has now awarded concept and design GPI deals to Raytheon, Lockheed, and Northrop Grumman to strengthen what agency officials describe as a “layered defense.”