What should be the United States’ next move on hypersonic tech?

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What should be the United States’ next move on hypersonic tech?
By Stephen Losey
 Mar 14, 09:00 AM
 
WASHINGTON — In early February, executives from more than a dozen defense firms gathered virtually with top Pentagon leaders, including the department’s secretary.

At stake: the future of hypersonic weapons, one of the most hyped, debated and costly weapons initiatives in years. The government is expected to spend $15 billion on the effort between 2015 and 2024.


But while they chewed over the obstacles of supply chains, acquisition and testing facilities, hovering in the background were high-profile Chinese advancements in the cutting-edge weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s boasts of his nation’s progress on hypersonic technology and questions at home about whether the United States is on the right track.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2022/03/14/what-should-be-the-united-states-next-move-on-hypersonic-tech/

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stationary targets such as an Iranian nuclear facility

But... we have been slamming russia the last few weeks for doing the same thing, calling it a war crime....

Not an aeronautical engineer but I can assure you that trying to make a course correction, turn, at those speeds would be catastrophic if the turn was more than a degree or two..