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A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report underscored the technical challenges the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will have in developing counter-hypersonic weapon defenses and sensors, noting DoD personnel have raised concerns. The GAO’s annual report on the U.S. missile defense system noted MDA officials said fully achieving the counter-hypersonic capability will require developing entirely new intercept systems, supporting technologies, and sensor architecture including new space-based sensors. MDA officials told GAO the new interceptor “will need to operate in a hypersonic…
