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On the recordJune 16, 2010
Secretary Gates, has DOD assessed whether the study of hypersonics is the most efficient use of resources in developing conventional military capability or is it merely to avoid counting toward the central limits in the New START?
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Thune questions the efficiency of hypersonics research in military development.

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