The interior of the Hypersonic Test Facility (HTF) with the test section of its blowdown hypersonic wind tunnel at NASA's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, OH. NASA Glenn Research Center
Forbes: To Develop Hypersonic Weapons, The U.S. Has To Build Some Fiendishly Complicated Wind Tunnels
Russia’s new Avangard and China’s DF-17 missiles are “hypersonic,” capable of traveling five to six times the speed of sound (around 5,000 mph). Their sheer speed in the early “boost” phases of flight diminishes an adversary’s time to react and could enable them to overwhelm and destroy targets faster than defenses can respond.
Long-range cruise missiles or ballistic missiles can be detected anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour before impact. Long-range hypersonic missiles may decrease that margin to just a few minutes. Other short-range hypersonic projectiles (artillery shells, smaller missiles) could diminish reaction times to tens of seconds.
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As soon as one country comes up with something they think will give them an edge, it triggers a response from others.
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