The U.S. Military Has A New Goal: Kill Hypersonic Missiles
Most people assumed that a Glide Phase Interceptor might not come to fruition until the 2030s, however, several recent developments are now indicating that the arrival of this kind of technology may be sooner than expected.
Could there truly be a way to track and intercept or destroy enemy hypersonic missiles speeding at more than five times the speed of sound while skipping along the upper boundaries of the earth’s atmosphere before descending upon targets?
Maybe, depending upon the speed and success with which the Missile Defense Agency is able to develop a new generation of hypersonic defense called the Glide Phase Interceptor, a developmental program to engineer a high altitude, long-range missile able to fire from the ground or deck of Navy ship to “take out” a traveling hypersonic missile during phases of its flight when it might be more vulnerable to destruction.
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