Hypersonic Debates Shaped By Politics: Aerospace
The intense debate over the capabilities of hypersonic missiles divides US scientists and experts along political lines and that is complicating the Pentagon’s investment decisions, finds a new study by the non-profit Aerospace Corporation.
Indeed, in many ways, today’s debate about hypersonic missile tech echoes the ideological (some have said practically religious) wars over missile defense in the 1980s that still resonate across the US national security community.
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Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Sam Wilson is a systems director for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation.
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