EU contract for hypersonic defense: two • Table.Briefings

There is a gap in European air defense against maneuverable hypersonic weapons. The EU wants to solve the problem cost-effectively – but is funding two consortia at the same time.

In 2019, Russia unveiled the Avangard hypersonic glide missile and Ukraine is deploying the Kinschal hypersonic cruise missile. China and the US are following suit in research on the projectiles. Whether the hypersonic cruise missiles can already do as promised – change direction several times at more than five times the speed of sound – is unclear. But they show: Europe must act if it wants to protect itself against them in the future.

EU contract for hypersonic defense: two consortia in the starting blocks

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