Castelion unveils Blackbeard low-cost hypersonic glide weapon concept

The post reveals the first detailed look at Castelion’s Blackbeard: a ballistic-style booster carrying an unpowered hypersonic glide vehicle intended to be cheaper and mass-producible. The novelty is the explicit design-for-manufacture approach (lower cost, large quantities, ~500-mile class) rather than maximum performance, potentially enabling hypersonic strike at scale.