Page 48 - Australian Defence Magazine October 2019
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PACIFIC
HYPERSONICS
The warship
is dead
EWEN LEVICK | SYDNEY
Will hypersonic missiles really end the era of warships? The answer is no – but not only because hypersonic missiles are
overrated. Hypersonics won’t kill the warship because the warship is already dead.
Some argue that the incoming age of hypersonic missiles will kill the warship. They're wrong, but not for the reason you may think.
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