CBO Proposes Cheaper Alternative To Hypersonic Glide Vehicles

A Long Range Hypersonic Weapon battery.

Credit: Lockheed Martin
A ballistic missile with a maneuverable warhead would be cheaper to field than a ground-launched hypersonic glide vehicle and no less survivable against current air defense systems used by China and Russia, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says in a new report. A program to develop...

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