The Hyper Velocity Projectile Is The Pentagon's Radical New Missile Defense System

Breaking Defense: $86,000 + 5,600 MPH = Hyper Velocity Missile Defense

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office will test-fire a radical new missile defense system in less than a year. The Hyper Velocity Projectile, a supersonic artillery round, is fired from ordinary cannon at 5,600 miles per hour and can kill incoming threats for a mere $86,000 a shot.

Compare that to Patriot missiles, which require special launchers and cost roughly $3 million each. The Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System (which comprises the HVP itself plus cannon, fire control, and radar) won’t replace high-cost, high-performance missiles, but it could provide an additional layer of defense that’s cheaper, more mobile, and much harder for an enemy to destroy.

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Update #1: Secretive Pentagon Office Shares Details About Hypervelocity Missile Defense Weapon (National Defense)
Update #2: Missile defenses and weapon upgrade for US Navy, Army and marines (Next Big Future)

WNU Editor:  Impressive. If it works.