US Senators Point to ‘Hypersonic Gap’ With Russia, China
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U.S. senators are concerned Russia and China may outpace Washington in developing hypersonic weapons. In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday with top defense officials, lawmakers expressed concern about the weapons that fly at five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut called the hypersonic weapons “a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-senators-point-to-hypersonic-gap-with-russia-china-73994/
U.S. senators are concerned Russia and China may outpace Washington in developing hypersonic weapons. In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday with top defense officials, lawmakers expressed concern about the weapons that fly at five times the speed of sound, or Mach 5. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut called the hypersonic weapons “a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-senators-point-to-hypersonic-gap-with-russia-china-73994/