New North Korean Hypersonic IRBM

North Korea claim successful test of Hwasong-16B, described as "a new-type intermediate-range solid-fueled ballistic missile loaded with newly-developed hypersonic gliding warhead" pic.twitter.com/VqgORquaLB

— Joseph Dempsey (@JosephHDempsey) April 2, 2024

I wonder why we keep working for the perfect instead of pushing towards the good enough. Research hypersonics all you want but a few supersonic, maneuvering anti-ship missiles would probably be a God send that we could actually get into service relatively quickly. We don't have an equivalent to the Indian Brahmos. Plenty of subsonic cruise missiles but nothing fast. Maybe supersonics instead of hypersonics is what we should push for?