> there are actually no real capability differences from a ballistic missile except trajectory Which is all that matters for military purpose. Air breathing hy

> there are actually no real capability differences from a ballistic missile except trajectory Which is all that matters for military purpose. Air breathing hypersonic is useful because it offers even more flexibility in trajectories, but that doesn't mean that hypersonic gliders aren't useful. > just a way to normalize using ballistic missiles, because they look slightly different and have a different name, without everyone freaking out? Ballistic missiles have never been “not normalized”, they have been used routinely in pretty much every recent conflicts by at least one of the belligerent (usually the non-US side, since ballistic missiles are a way around the lack of airborn capabilities, but the US has its own arsenal: ATACMS are ballistic missiles).