US Spends $20 Million on Missile to Destroy Any Target in the World in One HourBy Cassius Methyl Raytheon just received a $20,489,714contract from the US Military (DARPA) to develop the fastest missiles ever known. Thesehypersonic missilescan theoretically reach any target in the world within one hour. Raytheonis a corporation known for developing tools that cause death and destruction. Its one of the largest US affiliated defense contractors and is responsiblefor numerous technologies that havetaken thousands of lives in pointless conflicts around the world. The ideabehindthese missiles is that they will be very difficult to take down. They will be able to strike targets from a greater distance and at a greater speed than any missiles that are currently being used DARPA wants the hypersonic missiles be fully developed by the year 2020. Last year these weapons were tested but failed; however, they did not fail to increase international tension. With the announcement of these new research funds, this tension is going to continue. Current events in Ukraine, Syria, and Iran have already inflamed the East vs. West conflict to levels unseen since the Cold War. According to an article from The Moscow Times, Even mainstream media outlets recognize that this is aterrifying new technology. A headline from Boston Business Journal readsRaytheons developing a hypersonic missile system. It sounds terrifying. If you consider the implications of this technology and how it could change the landscape for conventional warfare, of course it would inflame international relations. If you develop technology designed to annihilate human beings with some of the greatest efficiency ever seen, place it in the hands of some of the most demonstrably corrupt people to ever hold power, what else would you expect? The unfortunate truth is we have a civic duty to keep up with this new arms race because we have to assess the dangers of the weapons possessed by the US Government and other world powers including Russia and at any cost neutralize these dangers to our people. The sobering truth about modern war can be summed up relevantly simply: war is old men talking, young men dying, and innocent people being caught in the middle of these proxy wars-for-resources waged all too often in the false name of democracy. DARPA is developing self-guided bullets that dont miss, robots of war, drones, biometrics, and other futuristic weapons that will be used to preserve US military hegemony for decades to come unless steps are taken to rein in these tools of destruction. Cassius Methyl writes for TheAntiMedia.org, where this article first appeared. Tune in! The Anti-Media radio show airs Monday through Friday @ 11pm Eastern/8pm Pacific. 