>Atmospheric? Sure. Hypersonic? Why? These are to augment current capabilities, especially if there's escalation of hostilities. If there's a conflict in the P

>Atmospheric? Sure. Hypersonic? Why? These are to augment current capabilities, especially if there's escalation of hostilities. If there's a conflict in the Pacific, we cant rely on having our forward air bases. Most likely these will be launched from domestic locations and ingress/egress time will have a large impact on total coverage time.