Don’t let facts get in the way of a good scam! My only question is who will take the (physical) hit when they can’t pretend “hypersonics” is real anymore?
Psst - the Russians are in a joint venture with the Indians - who have also demonstrated hypersonic technology.
They’re basing their hypersonics off a Cold War Soviet missile, with lots of upgrades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrahMos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrahMos-II
Hypersonics are real. We had working hypersonic weapons in the 60s then decided they were a bad idea and destroyed all of them. And then forgot they were a thing.