[familyop]

"I don't believe the leverage of hypersonic missiles is widely understood yet in changing war."

What the U.S.A. has been developing is not widely known and is even less widely understood. The more free nations may be very near another time for putting mouthy international bullies to the test and in the ground. And the more they mouth off, the sooner they'll get it.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

So far, I do not know of any nation that has demonstrated hypersonic missiles with a heat resistant outer that is feasible. Russia is fielding these now.

Time will tell, but no nation has a defense against them currently, including Russia