How the U.S. Is Quietly Winning the Hypersonic Arms Race
The Russians have their Avangard missiles and the Chinese have a railgun, but the Americans have developed maneuverable hypersonic shells for their existing artillery.
David Axe
01.16.19 5:23 AM ET
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The United States, Russia, and China all tested new super-fast “hypersonic†munitions in 2018, escalating a global competition for weaponry that can strike farther and harder than ever before and potentially defeat existing defenses.
The Russian and Chinese hypersonics tests were the most dramatic. But the much quieter American trial pointed toward a much more immediate and widespread transformation of military capabilities than the Russians or Chinese are likely to achieve.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-us-is-quietly-winning-the-hypersonic-arms-race
