Prompt Global Strike

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Prompt Global Strike is a former U.S. military initiative aimed at developing the capability to deliver a precision conventional strike anywhere in the world within about an hour, including through advanced hypersonic weapons.

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Prompt Global Strike canonical 3
Conventional Prompt Strike 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States defense program
military initiative
abbreviation PGS
concern risk of misinterpretation as nuclear launch by other nuclear-armed states
strategic stability implications
country United States of America
surface form: United States
domain hypersonic weapons
military technology
strategic weapons
goal develop capability to strike targets anywhere in the world within about one hour
provide rapid global conventional strike capability
reduce reliance on nuclear weapons for strategic strike missions
includesCapability advanced cruise missiles
boost-glide vehicles
hypersonic weapons
long-range ballistic missiles with conventional warheads
motivation counterterrorism and counterproliferation missions
need to strike distant, fleeting, or hardened targets quickly without forward-deployed forces
operator United States Air Force
Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense

United States Navy
policyContext U.S. strategic posture reviews in the 2000s and 2010s
range global
relatedConcept global strike
non-nuclear deterrence
strategic conventional weapons
relatedTo Hypersonic Technology Vehicle programs
surface form: Advanced Hypersonic Weapon

Prompt Global Strike self-linksurface differs
surface form: Conventional Prompt Strike

Trident II D5 missile
surface form: Conventional Trident Modification

Hypersonic Technology Vehicle programs
surface form: Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2

Prompt Global Strike (PGS) concept
status concept evolved into other U.S. hypersonic and long-range strike programs
former program
strategicRole non-nuclear strategic strike
rapid response to time-sensitive high-value targets
targetType hardened or well-defended targets
high-value strategic targets
time-sensitive targets
technology hypersonic glide vehicles
long-range delivery systems
precision guidance systems
timeframe intended strike time within about one hour of launch order
timePeriod early 21st century
uses conventional weapons
weaponEffect high-precision conventional strike
weaponType conventional precision-guided munitions

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Prompt Global Strike relatedTo Prompt Global Strike self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Conventional Prompt Strike
PGS standsFor Prompt Global Strike
PGS parentConcept Prompt Global Strike
subject surface form: Conventional Prompt Global Strike