The Trump Administration has announced economic sanctions against Iran "targeting at least 16 individuals and entities for supporting what it said was 'illicit Iranian actors or transnational criminal activity'." These particular sanctions includes freezing any US banking system interaction as well as US assets. Just yesterday, it was announced that Iran was complying with the set nuclear deal; however, these sanctions are being pushed on the basis of "breaking the 'spirit' of the deal" with the threat of additional to come should things not turn around. These individuals "had backed Iran's military or Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by developing drones and military equipment, producing and maintaining boats, and procuring electronic components, according to the US."
2,300 MPH is Now a Speed of the Past
Challenging early on due to friction and heat, "hypersonic" spacecrafts are now on the United States Military's project radar travelling anywhere from to five to ten times Mach 1. "The new Lockheed Skunk Works project, called the SR-72, is a proposal envisioning an unmanned aircraft that cruises at Mach 6—roughly twice as fast as the 2,300-mile-per-hour SR-71—meaning 'an adversary would have no time to react or hide,' Lockheed Martin says in its promotional materials." These efforts would not only allow for worldwide access within three hours, but also offer commercial benefits for many companies looking "to launch constellations of small satellites...[such as] Elon Musk's SpaceX."