First US Hypersonic Weapon Still Isn’t Combat-Ready, Pentagon’s Tester Says
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Although the Pentagon says it intends to deploy its first hypersonic weapon by Sept. 30, more than three years later than planned, its testing office says the weapon manged by the Army has yet to prove it would be effective in combat.
The Army also must show it can produce enough of the highly maneuverable missiles before fielding them after the Pentagon invested more than $12 billion since 2018 attempting to develop, test and deploy hypersonics.