Hypersonic weapons are mediocre. It’s time to stop wasting money on them

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Richter88 April 22, 2024, 2:10am #1

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – 12 Mar 24

Hypersonic weapons are mediocre. It’s time to stop wasting money on them.

Probably the best performance of hypersonic weapons is their ability to burn through money at 10X the speed of sound. For the rest, it's mediocre.

Est. reading time: 8 minutes

fact or bullshit? Seems to me that Mach 5 has a lot of advantages.

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