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Hypersonic Fever! With Chris Combs and Alex Hollings

The Hermeus Podcast

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The Conventional vs. The Nuclear Threat

CNN's John Defterios talks about the challenges of developing a hypersonic missile. He says conventional weapons are more accurate, but if you need to hit a really tiny target that's an entirely different problem. It reminds him of the MiG 25: We thought it was this super fighter and then we ended up fielding what became the F 15.

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