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		nradov on June 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Navy's Railgun Now Undergoing Tests in New Mexi... There are no hypersonic antiship cruise missiles deployed today. Some ballistic missiles have limited antiship capability and they do travel at hypersonic speeds but there are reasonably effective defenses against them now.

ChuckMcM on June 27, 2019 | [–]

Not cruise missiles, but anti ship missiles are a thing[1]

[1] https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-25/china-selling-hype...

dragonwriter on June 27, 2019 | | [–]

> There are no hypersonic antiship cruise missiles deployed today.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M22_Zircon

Metricon on June 28, 2019 | [–]

You may find this illuminating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bgaoM6qSV0

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