The Pentagon’s fiscal 2024 budget shows that the U.S. – as a late starter — has fully entered the hypersonic weapons arms race with China and Russia, [...]
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OPINION — I raise that question after having heard Air Force General Anthony J. Cotton, the relatively new Commander of U.S. Strategic Command [...]
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OPINION — I raise that question after having heard Air Force General Anthony J. Cotton, the relatively new Commander of U.S. Strategic Command [...]
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U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan recently warned that the U.S. "is not moving fast enough to stay ahead” of its rivals in space, [...]
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Congress has decided to accelerate the Trump administration’s movement into the age of hypersonic weapons.These weapons are designed to travel at [...]
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Congress has decided to accelerate the Trump administration’s movement into the age of hypersonic weapons.These weapons are designed to travel at [...]
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For this year’s Fourth of July feature, The Cipher Brief revisits its coverage examining the concept of an electromagnetic railgun. Capable of firing [...]
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For this year’s Fourth of July feature, The Cipher Brief revisits its coverage on electromagnetic railguns. Capable of firing projectiles at speeds [...]
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For this year’s Fourth of July feature, The Cipher Brief revisits its coverage on electromagnetic railguns. Capable of firing projectiles at speeds [...]
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Over the next few years, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to demonstrate two air-launched hypersonic weapons (HSW) [...]
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A hypersonic missile launched from mainland China could strike a U.S. carrier group located anywhere in the South China Sea in under 20 minutes. [...]
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In recent years, defense analysts have increasingly turned their attention to the development of hypersonic weapons, a class of systems intended to [...]
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Hypersonic weapons will be capable of carrying nuclear warheads, yet so far there is little discussion on the role of arms control. The Cipher Brief [...]
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