Reply to post: Re: Next breakthrough

DARPA says US hypersonic missile is ready for real world

mcswell

Re: Next breakthrough

What makes a weapon hypersonic is the speed AND the ability to steer. Although I'm not sure how the old MIRVs fit into that--they were independently targetable, but maybe the targeting needed to be done while they were still outside the atmosphere.

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