Hypersonic Threats to the Homeland

Abstract

It is imperative the United States (US) accelerate its development within the field of directed energy weapons and guard against the emergence of hypersonic threats. Hypersonic weaponry shifts the strategic calculus of U.S. decision makers, increases stand-off capabilities and alters the deterrence equation of international actors. Directed energy weapons offer a feasible approach countering the proliferation of hypersonic threats to the homeland, safeguards the decision space of our nations leaders and potentially strengthens military, diplomatic and economic instruments of power simultaneously.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 28, 2017
Accession Number
AD1038122

Entities

People

  • Henry Iii R. Jeffress

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Hypersonic Missiles
  • Hypersonic Weapons
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Laser Weapons
  • Lasers
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Prompt Global Strike
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster