Hypersonic

19FortyFive – The Hypersonic Weapons Threat the Pentagon Never Saw Coming

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Seth Cropsey, for 19FortyFive: “Summary and Key Points: Hypersonic weapons are becoming a central feature of modern warfare, as North Korea’s recent claims highlight. -The U.S. faces increasing competition from China, Russia, and others fielding hypersonic missiles capable of unpredictable flight paths, threatening traditional missile defenses. -While the U.S. has advanced […]

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RealClear Defense – The Hypersonic Threat

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Seth Cropsey for RealClear Defense: At the beginning of this year, North Korea claimed to have tested a hypersonic weapon. While doubts remain about the program’s technical maturity, the North Korean test fits a broader trend: hypersonics are no longer emerging technologies, but a key element of modern military arsenals. Their

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Kinzhal Missile

Russia’s Hypersonic Defeat. Or Was It?

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The May 4 shootdown of a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile by a Ukrainian-manned, US-made, Patriot missile system might be seen to indicate that the new class of weaponry is neither invulnerable nor revolutionary, as Russia, US military officials, and many in the media have proclaimed. This lends credence to those who have argued that

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Chinese hypersonic gliding vehicle project

Hypersonic Capabilities and Allies

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The United States must accelerate hypersonic development and deployment. To do so it should turn to its allies, particularly Australia, and leverage the connections under the AUKUS Pact to intensify testing, expand production capacity and ensure American-allied interoperability. Indeed, the U.S. has a unique chance, through its alliance relationships, to

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