A U.S. Air Force B-52 carries the X-51 Hypersonic Vehicle for a launch test from Edwards AFB, California, May 1, 2013. Photo Bobbi Zapka/U.S. Air Force/Handout via Reuters
Next Big Future: Hypersonic enabled militaries in the 2030s
Previously the US Air Force had plans to develop hypersonic missiles, hypersonic drones and hypersonic planes by the 2040s. However, Russia and China are deploying hypersonic missiles now, so the transition to a full range of more capable hypersonic weapons will be accelerated. The hypersonic missiles being introduced now and over the next few years have speeds of mach 5 to mach 20. This will be followed by more mature hypersonic weapons.
Russia’s Kinzhal has a claimed range of more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi), Mach 10 speed, and an ability to perform evasive manoeuvres at every stage of the flight.
China’s HGV warhead, the DF-17, will be the first hypersonic glide weapon.
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WNU Editor: Accuracy and speed are the two buzzwords when it comes to hyper-sonic weapons.
2 comments:
All of that is marvelous, the next word will be "reliability", and that's not given.
The number one military priority, has to be, preventing China from stealing everything.. I dont want to hear anything else.
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