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title: Hypersonic Missiles are Just Misunderstood
description: It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing about the new threat of hypersonic missiles. China and Russia have them, the United States does not! Even the news has been breathlessly announcing that “Russia used hypersonic missiles against Ukraine” — alarming! The average member of the public, as well as many policymakers, now understand that these things are dangerous because they are just too fast to shoot down. Clearly something needs to be done…
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## [Hypersonic Missiles are Just Misunderstood](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/hypersonic-missiles-are-just-misunderstood)

 May 17, 2023

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By Tory Bruno

It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing about the new threat of hypersonic missiles. China and Russia have them, the United States does not! Even the news has been breathlessly announcing that “Russia used hypersonic missiles against Ukraine” — alarming! The average member of the public, as well as many policymakers, now understand that these things are dangerous because they are just too fast to shoot down. Clearly something needs to be done…

[Read the full article on Tory Bruno's Medium.](https://medium.com/@ToryBrunoULA/hypersonic-missiles-are-just-misunderstood-1a35c8ae3dd0)

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