Hypersonic warheads?
More winning, gotta keep ahead of the Wangs, ‘ya know
Also with the prevailing mindset in the Pentagon for the past 12+ yrs of making stuff like the Littoral Patrol ships (which is basically an aluminum soda can) and the latest generation of Ford Super Carriers (that has major issue incl launching and landing aircrafts + massively embarrassing toilet problems), my gut feeling is that with these newest generation of ICBM's, they will be doing yet another crazy cluster-fluck, i.e. featuring the new Ultra-Tiny Warheads of 0.1-50 Kilotons.
The reasoning for these ridiculous designs is that since the USA has mastered ultra precision strikes, then there isnt any need for any warheads beyond 50 Kilotons anymore.
The USA military has long started on this road for nearly a generation, therefore it wont surprise me one bit. Those who know me, have heard me lamenting how the USA Military has been relishing in the fancy ultra-small and ultra precise for many yrs now while our rivals are making weapons that are many times the destructive power.
Our generals seem to think that we can always mouse-click our enemies into submission.
The Pentagon brass wants to make ultra-precise super expensive weapons that goes POP, while our adversaries as building weapons that goes MEGA BOOM!
Mark my words, though I do hope I am wrong for the sake of this country.
My son is a physicist for Northrup-Grumman.