Trump Shores Up Industrial Base for Hypersonic Missiles

Trump Shores Up Industrial Base for Hypersonic Missiles
A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, on March 19, 2020. U.S. Navy photo/Released
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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President Donald Trump is securing the supply of composite materials needed for hypersonic missiles, strategic missiles, and space launch systems by invoking the Defense Production Act.

Hypersonic missiles are one of the flagship new defense technologies being rapidly developed by the U.S. military as it revamps to face an era of renewed great power competition with Russia and China.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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