Russian warships conduct Atlantic drills en route to Cuba. New hypersonic missiles are on board

[haele]

4. Hypersonic worries again. All ballistic missiles can become hypersonic.

During my time active duty during the 80's and 90's, I watched several go hypersonic towards the end of their trajectory. Modern missiles have more maneuverability, and engines can push power more efficiently after launch, but physics still has the last word, no matter how much engineers want it to. If there's some sort of pinpoint gravitational equalizer field technology, then I'd start getting more concerned.

No matter what Putin's - or Xi's generals put out for PR, we aren't going to see Mission Impossible movie style moves from a new hypersonic missile.

Not that I'm not concerned about ships with armed Russian chest pounders on board near the coast of Florida, but I'm not fearful that their weapons are somehow new and unstoppable.

I'm more worried that Putin is going senile and starting to believe the Potemkin PR he's been putting out for a decade and a half now.

Haele