On March 4, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Guido Torres coauthored an article for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The piece underscores that the US must address the connection between mineral control and technological advancements to shift its strategic approach to hypersonic weapons in a complex international landscape.
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