Is the U.S. Military Ready for a Hypersonic Weapons War?
Is the U.S. Military Ready for a Hypersonic Weapons War? The speeds at which these weapons maneuver, and the distances they can cover quickly, introduce new dimensions of threat tracking challenges for weapons planners at the Pentagon. Skimming and bouncing along the upper boundaries of the earth’s atmosphere, just prior to descending upon targets while traveling more than five times the speed of sound, hypersonic weapons can travel thousands of miles to a point of attack in a matter of minutes. The technology is almost paradoxical to a degree, as the unprecedented advantage it brings to...
Source: nationalinterest.org