Sen. King calls for more to be done to protect US from hypersonic missiles

May 10, 2024

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PORTLAND (WGME) – Senator Angus King is calling for more to be done to keep the U.S. safe from a new class of high-tech missiles.

In a hearing before the Senate Armed Forces Committee, the senator questioned if the U.S. could defend itself against a “hypersonic missile,” one which travels more than five times the speed of sound at the edge of space and is very difficult to track.

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