Britain to deploy homegrown hypersonic missile by 2030

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1. I confess I find much of this odd.

   > The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has insisted that the new weapon be designed and built entirely in Britain and is understood to have set a deadline of 2030 for it to enter service.

   Why does it have to be British only? Why couldn’t it be done as part of the FC/ASW program, within which we reportedly killed the idea of a hypersonic in favour of stealthy subsonic options. Or AUKUS, which I think has a pillar for hypersonic research anyway. And 2030 for in service just sounds like a fantasy given recent experience of procurement. The answer may be later on in the article:

   > A government defence source said: “Cutting-edge projects like this are only possible because of the massive new investment the Government has made this week in defence innovation.
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   > “With Labour refusing to match our investment, continuing this project would be impossible under Keir Starmer – the military would be forced to cut the hypersonic programme, in a move that would make Putin’s dreams come true.”.

   Sheer bollocks, and frankly the assertion makes me suspect this is just political bullshit rather than a genuine intention to develop a weapon

   On the other hand; weapons like this are clearly necessary. State of the art air defences in Ukraine and the Red Sea are proving capable of handling cruise and ballistic missiles, so if we want to be able to threaten adversaries with strikes in the long term we need to start upgrading

2. That’s useful, considering our adversaries have them now and big wars are kicking off.

   I also love how we will have researched, developed, prototyped and refined hypersonic missiles before HS2 completes.

   Apparently designing cutting edge missiles that eat up every ounce of physics and engineering know-how is easy than slapping down steel beams.

3. From the artwork delivered by a home-grown B52 knock off, presumably made by British Leyland with cardboard motors and a 13v battery.

4. Discourse about the United Kingdom ❌

   Re-posting tabloid articles ☑️

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6. Just to say…Russia.has developed and deployed multiple hypersonic missiles for years now…this article brags we’ll have one by 2030…in 6 years+. We need to ramp up spending and catch up.

   I worry that we are sabre rattling and talking up our military while at the same time talking about reduced funding,poor recruitment…disgusting salaries. I think I read a private Russia volunteer in Ukraine gers paid more than a British private.

7. What now, are we turning into North Korea?

   Why can’t be utilise tech from other countries to make it faster and cheaper.

8. This feels like a political thing rather than a necessary thing

9. Lol. Weaklings. That’s what happens when you constantly rely on the US to help you

10. Please vote for us and we will make big missiles to keep you safe see.

11. I’m all for supporting British innovation and trying to simulate our economy, but I’ll go out on a limb and say the Americans will probably have something that already performs better – and is likely cheaper overall once R&D considered.

12. No farms = No food. Honestly, we’re growing missiles now instead of food? Smh. Damned woke goverment

13. Hi Putin,

    Please wait until 2030 to start the war. We need to do some stuff.

    Best regards,

    Rishi

14. If it’s the Tories doing it, I suspect that we’ll give billions to a Russian company, it fails to work, they then blame Gordon Brown and the woke civil service for this going wrong.