The Hypersonic Missile Advantage

The Hypersonic Missile Advantage
The guided missile destroyer USS Porter launches a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile toward Iraq during the initial stages of shock and awe campaign March 22, 2003. Christopher Senenk/U.S. Navy/Getty Images
Robert Purssell
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In contrast to aircraft and subsonic missiles, the Navy’s hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missile reaches a target 2,200 nautical miles away in 30 minutes.

Robert Purssell
Robert Purssell
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Robert Purssell is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, Bob worked in the defense and semiconductor industry first as an engineer and subsequently as an engineering manager. Currently retired, he writes novels and gives talks on military and historical events.