I keep seeing articles about russia and china relating to hypersonic missiles.
This is media fear mongering.
The US has had hypersonic missiles since the 1960s. The AIM-54C Phoenix missile, used with the F-14 Tomcat, was a mach 5 air-to-air long range radar guided missile. THe Tomcat could aquire 6 enemies on radar and fire on all of them simultaneously, at a range of 150 miles.
Making such a missile into an air-to-ground weapon would have been child’s play to the defense contractors.
If this tech was the game changer that the media seems to think it is, the USSR would have fallen 20 years before it finally did.
Don’t believe the hype.
Used properly, Hypersonic Missiles are a game changer.
THe Tomcat could aquire 6 enemies on radar and fire on all of them simultaneously, at a range of 150 miles.
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Max range was 115 miles, not 150. Used twice, not fired in batches, except perhaps on some training range.
“Despite the much-vaunted capabilities, the Phoenix was rarely used in combat, with only two confirmed launches and no confirmed targets destroyed in US Navy service.” - wiki
Poor reference but the only one I could find in a quick search.
Histrionics over Hypersonics?