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| Russia arrests top hypersonic missile scientist on treason charge 'for passing secrets to a NATO country' it emerges after British embassy security guard is seized in Germany for 'spying for Kremlin' |
| 2021-08-12 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 actually the US isn't too many years from a working hypersonic missile there have been several tests, some more or less successful the budget for this is in the $ billions I think an important motivation for getting this done is to discourage a Chinese attack on Taiwan. If a few platforms in the Pacific were armed with this weapon it would mean a lot in that context. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2021-08-12 13:28 |
| #1 Right. And we're still as close to a working hypersonic missile as we are to commercially viable fusion. Which is to say "not close at all." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-12 09:26 |