The Weekly Debrief: Hypersonic Threat Stretches Traditional Defense Architecture

A notional hypersonic defense architecture.
Credit: Missile Defense Agency
A new report on the oft-ignored topic of hypersonic defense opens with a first line that neither sugarcoats the scale of the challenge nor wishes it away. “Defending against hypersonic missiles is strategically necessary, technologically possible, and fiscally affordable, but it will not be easy,”...

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