Hypersonic Weapons: A Transition or a Transformation? A Theoretical Approach to Examining Hypersonic Weapons in Contemporary Conflicts

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning, a lion wakes up in Africa. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.”