What are hypersonic missiles and why do they matter? - a podcast by BBC World Service

America, China and Russia are engaged in a new arms race, spending billions to develop new missile technology, but how different are these hypersonic missiles from what has gone before? And as countries work out how they might use them, are they increasing the risk of triggering conflict?

Contributors:Dr Gustav Gressel, Berlin office, European Council on Foreign Relations
Dr Laura Grego, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDr Marina Favaro, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg
Dr Cameron Tracy, Centre for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford UniversityPresenter: Tanya Beckett
Producers: Bob Howard and Sheila CookResearcher: Chris Blake

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