The recent ARKUS announcement of cooperation between the US, the UK and Australia would extend to developing hypersonic weapons should not come as a surprise. However, possession of hypersonic missiles will not be enough to return the world to Pax America and its carrier groups. Only a focus on how to defend against saturation attacks of hypersonic warheads will do that and needs to be implemented urgently.Global forecasters suggestion as to a new class of warship with new weapons to counter these game changing weapons was first outlined in The Next Dreadnought Revolution; Dominator Class Cruisers from which the following article was distilled for warships magazine.
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