Hypersonic Missiles Are Bad for Taiwan

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Jonathan V. Last

Oct 18

All your base are belong to us: How hypersonics get around missile defenses. (Photo by TASS\TASS via Getty Images)

1. Hypersonic

The big news this weekend was the report of a successful Chinese hypersonic vehicle test.

Let’s caveat this a bunch: We have few details. What we do have is unconfirmed.

So for the purposes of our discussion, let’s treat the hype…

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