As the Pentagon looks to catch up with China and Russia in the hypersonic arms race, there is a widespread acknowledgement that the technology to defend against weapons capable of reaching Mach 5 or higher simply isnât there.
âIf war breaks out tomorrow, weâre probably not going to kill hypersonic boost glide missiles,â Mike Griffin, the Pentagonâs undersecretary of research and engineering, said during a March 20 speech. âThe issue about the higher speed hypersonic systems, the boost glide systems, which are not air breathers, is that they are just so much faster. … By the time you can see it, they are inside our track loop.Read More…
