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Pentagon budget 2022: MDA seeks USD247.9 million to counter hypersonic weapons

by Daniel Wasserbly

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has requested USD247.9 million in fiscal year (FY) 2022 to develop defences against hypersonic speed weapons as Russia and China have both claimed advances in the technology.

MDA said that funding would largely be for its Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) project, towards “developing a layered defensive architecture to address regional hypersonic threats from any source and leveraging sensors for early warning, identification, and tracking of regional and strategic hypersonic threats”.

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The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has requested USD247.9 million in fiscal year (FY) 2022 to devel...

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