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In my roundabout way I was asking "why not do it in Alaska" and OH RIGHT ADD THAT TO THE LIST LOL

It came up at work that theres a proposed hypersonic UAS test range? In Montana? I'm a well-known UAS Test Range enjoyer, how have I never heard of a Montana test range? *searches* Oh. Its a thing Trump said at a rally. So its... a *proposed* test range. With a funded feasibility study.

TLDR I think its something he said to 1) Piss off the quiet property enjoyers of Montana 2) Make California jealous 3) Make loud defense noises in the direction of Alberta

It came up at work that theres a proposed hypersonic UAS test range? In Montana? I'm a well-known UAS Test Range enjoyer, how have I never heard of a Montana test range? *searches* Oh. Its a thing Trump said at a rally. So its... a *proposed* test range. With a funded feasibility study.

So while in theory the high altitudes and climate of Montana makes sense in a crawl-walk-run kind of perspective, I dont know that it makes a lot of sense to schedule hypersonic testing where if you get your math wrong a bit or linger another minute you end up outside the state.

It came up at work that theres a proposed hypersonic UAS test range? In Montana? I'm a well-known UAS Test Range enjoyer, how have I never heard of a Montana test range? *searches* Oh. Its a thing Trump said at a rally. So its... a *proposed* test range. With a funded feasibility study.

So if we break out our bar napkin math, the latest proven hypersonic activity covered between 165 and 275 nautical miles. Theyre being cagey about exact details bc what if someone else wants to go fast?

It came up at work that theres a proposed hypersonic UAS test range? In Montana? I'm a well-known UAS Test Range enjoyer, how have I never heard of a Montana test range? *searches* Oh. Its a thing Trump said at a rally. So its... a *proposed* test range. With a funded feasibility study.

Now, its official US policy that we dont like going speed of sound over the contiguous US. Its outright not legal bc its too loud and too dangerous. So we still do it, we just do it over the open ocean. You take off from Edwards, past Vandenburg, point it toward Hawaii, and light the candle.

It came up at work that theres a proposed hypersonic UAS test range? In Montana? I'm a well-known UAS Test Range enjoyer, how have I never heard of a Montana test range? *searches* Oh. Its a thing Trump said at a rally. So its... a *proposed* test range. With a funded feasibility study.

Thing is, I looked into it one level deeper and the only thing I can conclude is he wants it in Montana to piss off the neighbors.

It came up at work that theres a proposed hypersonic UAS test range? In Montana? I'm a well-known UAS Test Range enjoyer, how have I never heard of a Montana test range? *searches* Oh. Its a thing Trump said at a rally. So its... a *proposed* test range. With a funded feasibility study.

Reading going from "the heck does that mean, isnt it already?" to "Oh shit, this should be everywhere"