CrossTalk: Hypersonic War

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Both the United States and Russia have announced their nuclear weapons posture. Both countries are entering a new age of war – the age of hypersonic weapons. We are told Russia’s hypersonic weapons can render U.S.-led missile defense system ‘useless.’ Can Washington allow this to stand? Are we now in a new arms race?


CrossTalking with George Szamuely, Daniel McAdams, and Mary Dejevsky.

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