In a surprising move, the U.S. Navy has officially canceled the HALO Hypersonic Missile program, once considered the future of long-range anti-ship warfare. Based on the HAWC project and part of the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare Increment 2 (OASuW-Inc2), HALO was designed to dominate future naval battles. So what went wrong?Was it really about the budget—or was the tech simply not ready? Let’s explore what happened behind the scenes.