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National Interest/Defense Maven: Imagine This: Air Force F-22s and F-35s Armed with Hypersonic Missiles
Could it happen?
(Washington, D.C.) Traveling at 5-times the speed of sound, skipping off the boundary of the upper atmosphere and descending upon enemy targets with targeted force, emerging hypersonic weapons promise to massively reshape offensive combat tactics.
Recognizing this, Pentagon and industry developers are now testing a new series of hypersonic weapons prototypes as part of a large-scale effort to fast-track the weapons to service. The US acceleration of the weapons, which includes air flights, ground-firing, wind-tunnels, simulation and various kinds of prototyping, is widely discussed as much needed response to Russian and Chinese progress in the area of hypersonics.
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WNU Editor: The Air Force is ambitious.
1 comment:
WNU what you call "ambitious", I call sleepy-headed and passive. We are still -behind- in the hyper-sonic missile race, a development they must have seen coming. On top, this is the first time that the supremacy of the USAF is in doubt. So, no. I would not call that "ambitious", sorry.
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