Besides atomic ordnance, maybe no weapon system instructions public and media consideration like hypersonics. No different weapon, when utilized in Ukraine, is mainly assured to command a information cycle.
And but their significance is hotly debated. There are those that argue the US has fallen behind in a completely essential discipline of navy expertise – and likewise others who argue the whole class of methods signify an overhyped waste of cash.
In this episode I attempt to present no less than an introduction to that multi-billion greenback query…
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Caveats and corrections:
All traditional caveats with a further observe that we’re speaking about ongoing, usually deeply categorised packages, so data high quality is notably spotty
Sources & Reading:
Congressional Budget Office on Hypersonics:
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58255
CRS on hypersonic weapons:
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/weapons/R45811.pdf
CRS on Hypersonic Defence:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23588919/hypersonic-missile-defense-issues-for-congress-jan-24-2023.pdf
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs:
RT on Avangard:
https://www.rt.com/news/476985-avangard-deployement-arms-race/
ARRW cancellation:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/air-force-pulls-plug-on-much-hyped-hypersonic-missile
2022 Missile defence Review
https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/27/2003103845/-1/-1/1/2022-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY-NPR-MDR.PDF
TASS on Killjoy vary:
https://tass.com/defense/1013794
Putin says Russia main hypersonics
https://apnews.com/article/vladimir-putin-ap-top-news-international-news-technology-russia-d4e05956217d895594bcef491083e950
Missile Defence Project itemizing the vary:
Raytheon Glide-Phase-Interceptor
https://www.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/news/2022/11/16/rmd-builds-on-its-standard-missile-legacy-as-it-designs-glide-phase-interceptor
Fars News on IRGC missile declare:
https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/14011206000134/IRGC-Aerspace-Cmmander-Iran%27s-Hypersnic-Ballisic-Missile-Mves-a-Machv
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on Hypersonics:
Hypersonic missiles: Why the new “arms race” is going nowhere fast
CSIS – Complex air defence
https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/220207_Karako_Complex_AirDefense.pdf?VersionId=SmaHq1sva9Sk.TSlzpXqWY72fg8PdLvA
Northrop Grumman HBTSS
https://www.northropgrumman.com/wp-content/uploads/HBTSS-Data-Sheet.pdf
Lora Saalman Ph.D – PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE:
CHINA AND THE SPEAR
https://dkiapcss.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2014/04/APCSS_Saalman_PGS_China_Apr2014.pdf
Phoenix Testbed undertaking:
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/Phoenix/phoenixmissile.html
Media saying the US is behind on hypersonics:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davedeptula/2018/10/05/faster-than-a-speeding-bullet/?sh=604de3395ca6
CSIS – Chinese FOBS functionality
https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/online-analysis//2021/10/is-china-gliding-toward-a-fobs-capability
Alan Cummings – Hypersonic weapons tactical makes use of and objectives
Reporting on price of CPS rounds:
S-500 Reporting:
https://www.janes.com/amp/russia-begins-series-production-of-s-500-air-defence-system/ZnlJK3dHVU9mZ28xajRJVkc5dVI5VFp1cVMwPQ2
Reporting on HALO:
https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sea-air-space-2023/2023/03/us-navy-moves-forward-with-halo-hypersonic-carrier-based-weapon/
Navy’s future HALO ‘hypersonic’ missile might not actually be hypersonic
CPS Reporting:
US Navy Requests $3.6B for Conventional Prompt Strike Rounds: Report
https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sna-2023/2023/01/us-navy-sets-out-capability-imperatives-for-ddgx/
Russian media on Sarmat:
https://sputnikglobe.com/20220522/russias-sarmat-icbm-can-change-trajectory-interception-hardly-possible-in-coming-decades-1095694819.html
PRC group declare dependable communications with Hypersonic object:
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3190695/chinese-team-claims-highly-reliable-communications-during
DOT&E Report 2022
https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2022/FY22DOTEAnnualReport.pdf?ver=UBO7t2O1FkRuvrB-nJDZ-g%3d%3d
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Hypersonic Weapons
00:01:24 — What Am I Talking About?
00:02:33 — What Are They?
00:11:44 — Advantages & Defensive Challenges
00:19:26 — The Problems & Costs (Technical)
00:28:08 — The Problems & Costs (Mission)
00:38:01 — Defensive Options
00:45:15 — National Programs: Russia
00:55:06 — National Programs: PRC
00:58:43 — National Programs: USA
01:06:07 — The State of Competition
01:10:45 — Conclusions
01:11:51 — Channel Update
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