Army Seeks 1,000-Mile Missiles Vs. Russia, China
One Army weapon would be a hypersonic missile, tearing through missile defenses at Mach 5-plus to kill critical hardened targets such as command bunkers. The other would use a gun barrel to launch cheaper, slower missiles at larger numbers of softer targets like radars and missile launchers.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on September 10, 2018 at 5:09 PM
The Army’s last 1,000-mile weapon was the Pershing II nuclear-tipped ballistic missile, like these. Deployed in 1983, they were banned by the INF Treaty of 1991 and dismantled by 1991.
WASHINGTON: For the first time since the Soviet Union fell, the Army is developing weapons with a thousand-mile range. That’s roughly five times the range of anything the Army fields today and three times the range of previously announced programs. The payoff in a future war with Russia or China could be dramatic – but the technological, financial and even legal problems are daunting.
The ambition? Develop not one but two types of ultra-long-range missiles to help blow holes in advanced air defenses:
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/09/army-seeks-1000-mile-missiles-vs-russia-china/
