Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle

DARPA is planning on building an unmanned reusable 'hypersonic cruise vehicle' (HCV) capable of striking any target in the world within two hours. This aircraft will also have the ability to carry a payload up to 12,000 pounds in munitions.

The potential of such a weapon, has several advantages over most modern day conventional weapon technologies. Such as: You don't have to worry about losing your own people; or finding airbase in a foreign country to host your equipment; or worrying about it getting shoot down by conventional weapons. It also has a whole host of other advantages, but most of all it should be able deliver it's payload before it's target even knew it was there.

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