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Hypersonic Missile Factory Reshapes a New Mexico Community
Original: A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up https:// fed.brid.gy/r/h
Wired reports on a New Mexico town whose quiet character has been upended by the arrival of a hypersonic missile manufacturing facility. Residents who once saw the area as a place to build a stable life now face questions about what the defense plant means for housing, jobs, and the local way of life, as military production expands into their community.
Why now: Growing defense industry expansion into small towns amid hypersonic weapons development is drawing public scrutiny.
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- A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wire d.com/story/a-new-mexico-community-was-a-place-to-build-a-life-then-a-hypersonic-missile-factory-showed-up/ · wired.com@web.brid.gy · 4
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