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14 January 2023

U.S. Hypersonic Missiles

The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy plan to field jointly developed hypersonic missiles in 2023:

The large eight-ton, three-foot diameter hypersonic missile is expected to travel in excess of Mach 5 (3,836.35 mph) or faster and have a range of about 1,725 miles. . . . The Army has selected the first unit to field the hypersonic missiles but hasn’t released that information. The Navy is planning on fielding the weapons on the three Zumwalt-class stealthy destroyers and on 20 Virginia-class attack submarines. . . . The missile is being developed under the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) capabilities program[.]

This would allow a strike on a ship in the Taiwan straight from Guam that would take half an hour to arrive at its target.

Russia and China both have similar missiles.

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