With an arms race ongoing between the United States, Russia, and China to field new hypersonic weapons, the internet has seemingly drawn battle lines between two camps: those who believe hypersonic missiles represent the future of warfare, and those who think these new weapons create more problems than what they’re worth.

Like so many raging debates on social media, the internet’s distaste for nuance would have you believe that there’s only one correct answer when it comes to hypersonics. The truth is a bit more complicated than that.

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