> Most of America’s arsenal of air-launched missiles and bombs range in cost from tens of thousands up to a few million dollars each. Rather than these weapons

> Most of America’s arsenal of air-launched missiles and bombs range in cost from tens of thousands up to a few million dollars each. Rather than these weapons being seen as outdated, they could remain just as effective if delivered to targets at hypersonic speeds from inside the bomb bay of an aircraft So, what happens to your aircraft when you open bomb bays while flying at Mach-20? What happens to those missiles and bombs when they hit a Mach-20 air stream? What’s the highest speed a plane has flown at while dropping bombs? It wouldn’t surprise me if that drone would have to slow down significantly before dropping any conventional weaponry, increasing the risk of being shot down, and/or if that weaponry would have to be redesigned to cope with this, increasing its cost.