South Korea’s Hypersonic Trade-Off
Ju Hyung Kim
October 21, 2026
Seoul should evaluate whether investment in inexpensive drones would deliver more practical benefits than hypersonic weapons.
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Seoul should evaluate whether investment in inexpensive drones would deliver more practical benefits than hypersonic weapons.
The U.S. must conduct aggressive on hypersonic and counter-hypersonic weapons, especially since adversaries have adopted precisely this mindset. A risk-averse mentality that demurs on military development will lose the United States the next war.
To maintain its status as a global superpower, the United States cannot afford to fall any further behind in our hypersonic military systems.
