Next Big Future
Brian Wang
July 24, 2018
A Roskosmos facility called TsNIIMash are under suspicion for leaking information of hypersonic missile secrets to Western spies. Last week, the Russia defense ministry released video of two new hypersonic missile systems – called Kinzhal and Avangard.
Russia has simply taken legacy missile platforms and increased the rocket power to break to hypersonic (mach 5+) speed.
The US will not make hypersonic missiles using the simple and relatively ineffective brute-force Russian approach. The US would benefit from knowing the exact specifications and capabilities of Russia’s missiles for anti-missile systems.
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