The author looks at the military motivations behind the development of the X-34 hypersonic aircraft and warns that the test could herald a new era of warfare and a new space race between the U.S. and Russia.
The Pentagon is planning a new, more lethal, remotely operated aircraft that could bomb targets anywhere on Earth within a scant two hours of taking off from the United States.
The US military has begun development of an ultra-high speed weapons system that would enable targets virtually anywhere on Earth to be hit within two hours of launch from the continental US.
The Defense Department wants to develop a high-speed drone able to launch attacks anywhere in the world within two hours of leaving a U.S. base.
The Pentagon is planning a new generation of weapons, including huge hypersonic drones and bombs dropped from space, that will allow the US to strike its enemies at lightning speed from its own territory.