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4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 37-38

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... Recommendation 2a. If the Air Force determines that there is a requirement for a hypersonic missile system, then it should establish a system-oriented program office to manage the system design and the development, integration, and flight testing of critical enabling technologies for a hyper sonic missile system.
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... A hypersonic air-breathing missile will affect primarily one aspect of the Air Force support infrastructure, namely, ground testing facilities. Existing test facilities can support full-scale propulsion performance testing only at flight speeds up to approximately Mach 7.
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  • technology adequately
  • promising alternatives
  • test infrastructure
  • using hydrogen
  • established capabilities

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  • define candidate
  • hypersonic propulsion
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  • besides propulsion
  • initial operational
  • hydrogen fuel
  • terminal guidance
  • cruise speed

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  • acquisition program
  • propulsion technology
  • affect primarily
  • tailored munitions


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