Hypersonic Missiles Are Unstoppable

Several months later, he and Griffin created a new Space Development Agency of some 225 people, tasked with putting a network of sensors in low-earth orbit that would track incoming hypersonic missiles and direct American hypersonic attacks. Although hypersonic missiles can in theory carry nuclear warheads, those being developed by the United States will only be equipped with small conventional explosives. Hypersonic missiles are also ideal for waging a decapitation strike — assassinating a country’s top military or political officials.

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