Drag race: hypersonic threats are slow enough for US missile defenses (www.defensenews.com)

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Drag race: hypersonic threats are slow enough for US missile defenses::Opinion: Contrary to common claims, hypersonic weapons are no wonder weapons for cracking air-defense shields, argue analysts David Wright and Cameron Tracy.

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[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Yea, I just assumed the engine wouldn't be very useful much past apogee, and (again) assumed they were utilizing gravity at that point to continue acceleration. But then again I haven't really read up on them.

Fine, I'll go read now. Obviously I need to educate myself. Lol.

Thanks

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