Episode
A Fractional Orbital Bombardment System with a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle??
Arms Control Wonk · Oct 19, 2021 · 49 min
This is a complicated one. According to Demetri Sevastopulo at the Financial Times , China tested something that sounds a whole lot like FOBS with an HGV. Something that orbited the globe and dropped a hypersonic glide vehicle against a target. Jeffrey, Aaron, and Scott try to figure out what actually was tested (HGV-FOBS? An intercontinental glider? A super-lofted ballistic missile??), talk…
