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Hypersonic Missile Factory Sparks Concern in New Mexico Community

Original: A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up Castelion—a next-generat

Defense startup Castelion is building a hypersonic missile manufacturing facility in Rio Rancho Estates, New Mexico, and residents are pushing back. Documents cited in reporting suggest the plant could pose fire and chemical hazards to nearby homes in what has until now been a residential community where people moved to build a life. The dispute highlights growing tension as defense tech companies expand into small-town America.

Why now: A defense manufacturer's arrival is raising safety and quality-of-life concerns in a residential New Mexico community.

CastelionRio Rancho EstatesNew Mexico

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• A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up Castelion—a next-generation defense tech company—is building a facility in Rio Rancho Estates that documents show could pose a major fire and chemical hazard to neighboring… · techwire@gamefan.net · 3

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