
The development of U.S. and allied sensors to detect and track hypersonic missiles is key to deterring their use and to destroying them via directed energy systems, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. John Hyten said on Oct. 28. "The most important thing about defending yourself against hypersonics is not the weapon," Hyten told the Defense Writers Group. "It is not building your own hypersonics. It's building a sensor that can see hypersonics. Right now,…