MDA Launches Hypersonic Defense Program

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THE PENTAGON—The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) $7.9 billion budget plan for fiscal 2018 includes almost $600 million over five years to finally begin addressing the hypersonic missile threat from Russia and China. Both nations have made significant gains in the development of scramjet-powered...

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