Pictured is a B-52H bomber with the 419th Flight Test Squadron before an Aug. 8, 2020 captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the Southern California coast (U.S. Air Force Photo)
One of the arguments against hypersonic missiles has been their cost—at least $15 million per weapon, but panelists at a Monday discussion at the Hudson Institute on modular weapons said such costs may come down significantly.
Modular, scalable, and relatively…