USN Will Ensure All 69 DDG's Get Hypersonic Missiles
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Further on that initiative:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/21/navy-destroyers-be-equipped-hypersonic-weapons-whi/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&utm_term=newsalert&bt_ee=tNK2CSN6Kq6tKFpkkpKTNiIrZTjt6g6XZ0qLFtf0XSm8Es%2FZa%2Fo6DBZAjdYqHjYd&bt_ts=1603296559576
One thing which seems to be missed is the US has demonstrated the capability to design and build a highly advanced device (6th generation fighter) in a single year. While serial production obviously takes longer, I suspect those sorts of methodologies could be in play for all the services and ramp down the deployment time from the "decades" the article predicts to just a few years.
As T6 notes, the US military needs a lot "more" things, but certainly cannot get them at the current pace of acquisition. Since the Frigate program is just starting, equipping every second or third hull as a hypersonic missile carrier may provide a quick stopgap.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/21/navy-destroyers-be-equipped-hypersonic-weapons-whi/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&utm_term=newsalert&bt_ee=tNK2CSN6Kq6tKFpkkpKTNiIrZTjt6g6XZ0qLFtf0XSm8Es%2FZa%2Fo6DBZAjdYqHjYd&bt_ts=1603296559576
One thing which seems to be missed is the US has demonstrated the capability to design and build a highly advanced device (6th generation fighter) in a single year. While serial production obviously takes longer, I suspect those sorts of methodologies could be in play for all the services and ramp down the deployment time from the "decades" the article predicts to just a few years.
As T6 notes, the US military needs a lot "more" things, but certainly cannot get them at the current pace of acquisition. Since the Frigate program is just starting, equipping every second or third hull as a hypersonic missile carrier may provide a quick stopgap.
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