Navy Arms USS Zumwalt With Hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike Missile
By Kris Osborn, Warrior
(Washington DC) The USS Zumwalt stealthy destroyer will soon be armed with hypersonic missiles able to strike targets from thousands of miles at five times the speed of sound, an attack possibility likely to hold even the most advanced adversaries at risk. This introduces new tactics, offensive attack options and concepts of operation for maritime warfare
The Navy’s plan to arm the Zumwalt-class with hypersonic missiles emerged some years ago, and technological progress is now giving shape and context to the tactical advantages associated with their deployment. The warships will be armed with a hypersonic glide vehicle released from a weapon known as Conventional Prompt Strike, a long range precision missile intended to hold any target in the world at risk of an ultra-long-range, high-speed missile attack. As a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle weapon, the CPS will launch an aerodynamic, lethal projectile up to the boundary of the earth’s atmosphere with a booster and then enter a glide phase wherein a lethal hypersonic projectile uses its speed of descent to glide into or destroy a target at hypersonic speed.
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