Video: Air Force Sees Hypersonic Weapons in 2025 -- Defense Tech
The U.S. military may be able to deploy unmanned hypersonic weapons as early as 2025, an official said.
The Air Force on May 1 successfully flew the X-51 WaveRider, an experimental “scramjet” made by Boeing Co., reaching up to five times the speed of sound for a record three and a half minutes.
The service called it “the longest air-breathing hypersonic flight ever.” The fourth and final mission was the culmination of a nine-year, $300 million project designed to test the viability of using more common jet fuels for hypersonic flight.
The demonstration may lead to a program to develop weapons based on the technology by 2020 and usable systems by 2025, according to Charlie Brink, manager of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s X-51A program.
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My Comment: They proved the science and technology. The problem now is the money .... or to be more specific .... the lack of. My prediction .... a future President would love to have the option of having a missile that can strike a target on the other side of the planet in a very short period of time .... because of this need, the money will be provided.
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