
Nobody is planning to put a hypersonic glide vehicle on the next silo-based, intercontinental ballistic missile, but that doesn’t mean it could never happen, according to careful statements Wednesday by the Air Force general who advises the service’s leadership about nuclear-weapons. The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) silo-based missile slated to replace the Minuteman III in 2030 or so has an “open architecture” that would let the Air Force “roll different technologies ... into GBSD,” Lt. Gen Richard Clark, deputy…