They declined. The Chinese promptly stole the technology and perfected it and now have deployed it and have over 1000 maneuverable hypersonic missiles. We have none. Zero. We have invested significant amount of money into developing hypersonic muscle. That contract. We have a Navy contract, an army contract, air force. The aero program had been canceled. There's still another contract with Raytheon. It's extremely frustrating that we are so slow to get a hypersonic missile program. (20:04–20:16)
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Asserts that the U.S. has invested significantly in developing hypersonic missiles with contracts across Navy, Army, and Air Force.
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