The United
States has made assurances that its new hypersonic missile will only
carry conventional warheads. But critics aren’t convinced the
Pentagon can resist a nuclear temptation.
In an
attempt to keep up with Russia and China, the US is developing its
own range of hypersonic aircraft and missiles that can travel at
speeds between Mach 5 and Mach 19. The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced
Projects Research Agency (DARPA) has spent over $34 million on
multiple hypersonic projects. Defense officials maintain that the
technology is being pursued primarily in the interest of developing a
reusable hypersonic jet.
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While
Pentagon officials insist that nuclear warheads are not a
consideration for any hypersonic aircraft, anything traveling at such
high speeds inherently threatens to destabilize global security.
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