Hypersonics: From Zero To 40 Plus Flights In Next Four Years

Hypersonics: From Zero To 40 Plus Flights In Next Four Years
Hypersonics: From Zero To 40 Plus Flights In Next Four Years

As Mark Lewis, an expert on hypersonics at the Institute for Defense Analyses, said here at the NDIA conference: “You can’t walk more than 10 feet in the Pentagon without hearing the word hypersonics.”

Rethinking The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent

Rethinking The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent
Rethinking The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent

The United States Air Force needs to replace the Minuteman III ICBM fleet at the three nuclear missile bases in Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota. Critics decry the cost of a proposed replacement, thought to be in the range of several hundred billion dollars. Their main argument against replacing ICBMs is not the cost of replacing the…

Hypersonic Weapons Face Major Milestone In August Test

Hypersonic Weapons Face Major Milestone In August Test
Hypersonic Weapons Face Major Milestone In August Test

CAPITOL HILL: Prompt Global Strike is a program to build a weapon that can destroy targets anywhere on earth within an hour of getting targeting data and permission to launch. Sandia Lab and the Army may have found the answer: the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon. So far, some aspects of PGS have attracted controversy. When the Pentagon wanted…

Gen. Kehler, STRATCOM, Worries About Cyber Warrior Shortages

CAPITOL HILL: If there’s one command — a very important one — that must worry about the short term impact of sequestration, it’s Strategic Command, those who command three of the most important weapon systems we deploy — nuclear weapons, cyber and space. Roughly 60 percent of STRATCOM’s headquarters staff do not wear uniforms. And,…

Where’s The Beef? Krepinevich Slams Vagueness Of US Strategy

WASHINGTON: Where’s the strategic beef? That’s what Andrew Krepinevich wants to know. “When the administration came out with its strategic guidance [in] January, I thought the guidance made a lot of sense in terms of setting priorities,” the head of the influential Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments said this morning at the headquarters of…