Strider and others believe the United States needs to field something quickly to counter Russia and China’s progress.
“Currently they’re due to have some oper- ational capability in the near future, and the U.S. needs a similar capability to be able to show them we’ve got one, too,” Strider said. “And so that’s what we’re shooting to do.” Funds from the Conven- tional Prompt Global Strike program will shift to the Navy, which is working on a sub- or ship-launched hypersonic glide vehicle, in 2020.
At this stage, Strider’s office does not plan further tests of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon—he is now coordinating the planned flight tests of the Navy’s develop- ing hypersonic capability, which is similar to the Army’s in design and build—until Army leadership makes policy and budget- ing decisions. Te ball is in the court of the cross-functional team dedicated to long- range precision fires, headed by Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Maranian. “Gen. Maranian at Fort Sill [Oklahoma] has the responsibility to bring the best concept forward to Gen. Milley” after examining all the options to improve the Army’s long-range precision strike ability, Strider said. “And because the hypersonic weapon that we have devel- oped through OSD sponsorship is the only flight-proven hypersonic weapon, we think we’ve got a front seat in being the best concept to take forward.”
MS. MARY KATE AYLWARD provides contract support to the U.S. Army Acqui- sition Support Center. She holds a B.A. in international relations from the College of William & Mary and has nine years’ expe- rience writing and editing on foreign policy, political and military topics.
MISSILE DEFENSE DEFEAT?
A Sabre short-range ballistic missile launches in June 2017 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for a test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement, an advanced missile defense system. Hypersonic missiles might be able to penetrate PAC-3 and similar systems. (U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command)
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The U.S. Air Force is set to demonstrate the hypersonic X-51A Waverider, which is designed to ride on its own shock wave and accelerate to about Mach 6. Hypersonics will “revolu- tionize military affairs in the same fashion that stealth did a generation ago, and the turbojet engine did a generation before,” according to an Air Force study. (U.S. Air Force image)
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