Pentagon Weighs Global Strike Options
Space News Staff Writer Jeremy Singer examines the other options that can replace the conventional Trident missile that Pentagon is pushing forward.
The conventional Trident idea is meeting resistance with U.S. lawmakers as they are worried that a launch could be misinterpreted by other countries as a launch of a nuclear warhead toward their territory.
One option is the Army’s Advanced Hypersonic Weapon that flies back towards Earth like an aircraft after leaving the atmosphere briefly. This will make it less likely to be mistaken for an ICBM.
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