AUSA Global: Army exploring best path for hypersonic weapons development
US Army leadership is weighing its options when it comes to developing hypersonic weapons, but isn't prepared to dive into programme specifics.
During the Association of the US Army (AUSA) Global Forces conference on 26 March, Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy and Vice Chief of Staff Gen James McConville held a media roundtable to discuss service priorities, including its top focus of long-range precision fires.
'We're going to have long-range precision fires, as we go to the future, we need them for multi-domain battle,' McConville said. 'I really don't want to get into specifics, mainly because we're concerned about
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