Britain hopes to catch up with countries like Russia and China, who have already developed hypersonic missiles
Britain has put together plans to equip the armed forces with a hypersonic cruise missile by 2030, a report has said.
According to the report, Ministry of Defence wants the weapon to be both designed and built in Britain exclusively by 2030. ministry has engaged up to 80 companies to come up with a design late last year, signing a Hypersonic Technologies & Capability Development Framework Agreement. Washington reportedly hopes to have its first hypersonic weapons in service by next year, despite a raft of delays.
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