“Fast moving thing is hard to stop” goes straight back to antiquity, sure. But post-Cold War or mattered a lot less because we no longer had a first generation military adversary.
The US restarted their hypersonic missile programs a few years ago due to media and public pressure caused by Russian and Chinese propaganda
Yes, because the US media and the US MIC aren’t joined at the hip. GE Aerospace was strong armed by Hulu, which was strong armed by TEMU and Rosneft in turn.
Please report to your superiors that hypersonic missiles are the future
Americans will spend their last billion dollars on one more new aircraft carrier rather than go to therapy.