Originally Posted by rickair7777

It is NOT a hypersonic cruise missile... that would be bleeding edge tech.

It's just a hypersonic BALLISTIC missile. We have thousands of those, with some ranging 8,000 miles. ICBM re-entry vehicles come in at speeds of mach 20+. Space shuttle re-entered at mach 25.







Actually it would be, the fact that we actually *know* their capabilities gives away the fact that we acquired it surreptitiously, so that endangers sources and means. They can certainly indict you based on that.