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The US Wants to Intimidate China with Hypersonics, Once It Solves the Physics
By Patrick Tucker Technology Editor Read bio
January 13, 2020
The U.S. is pressing ahead with new missiles, but questions remain about engineering, tactics, and even geopolitics.
A set of small, uninhabited Pacific islands, very close to China, may be the destination of some of America’s most sophisticated and controversial future weapons: hypersonic missiles that remain nimble even at five times the speed of sound. On Friday, U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said the still-in-development weapons would likely change the future of war.
The Army — along with the Air Force, Navy, and Missile Defense Agency — has been advancing work on a variety of hypersonic capabilities. The Army expects to begin testing aspects of its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon this year, with full flight testing expected in 2023.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/01/us-aims-intimidate-china-hypersonics-once-it-solves-physics/162408/?oref=d-topstory (https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/01/us-aims-intimidate-china-hypersonics-once-it-solves-physics/162408/?oref=d-topstory)