The future is moving towards hypersonic platforms to deliver extremely-rapid strikes that rely on speed to penetrate highly defended targets. This is the direct

The future is moving towards hypersonic platforms to deliver extremely-rapid strikes that rely on speed to penetrate highly defended targets. This is the direction that the U.S. military is taking with programs such as Prompt Global Strike [1]. See DARPA Falcon Project [2], Boeing X-51 [3] and Lockheed SR-72 [4]. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_Global_Strike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_Global_Strike [2] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Falcon_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Falcon_Project [3] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-51 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-51 [4] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_SR-72 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_SR-72