Hypersonic weapons set to change the future of war and diplomacy

The World

The US and other great powers of the world are developing a new type of weapon that could transform the future of war and diplomacy. These are hypersonic missiles. They fly super fast and are super maneuverable. Their speed and the difficulty of detection worry international relations experts. Host Carol Hills speaks with R.Jeffrey Smith, a journalist with the Center for Public Integrity, who has a new feature on hypersonic weapons in The New York Times.

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