The Pentagon has signed in the inability to resist the hypersonic weapons of Russia

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Washington is experiencing great difficulties trying to catch up with Moscow and Beijing in the development of hypersonic weapons, writes the American magazine National Interest.

Experts still cannot determine the degree of importance of hypersonic weapons for the country's military potential. A Congressional Research Service report indicates that in recent years, the United States has increased funding for programs aimed at developing such weapons. At the same time, the Russians and the Chinese have significantly increased their potential. The document specifies that the Russian Federation and the PRC are betting on hypersonic systems with a focus on nuclear weapons, and the United States needs such weapons mainly for tactical use. This is more difficult and requires more precision.



The United States does not have systems that could expose them (China and the Russian Federation - ed.) Danger to the proper degree and we do not have protection against their systems (hypersonic - ed.)

- announced the difficulties of the Pentagon's deputy head for research and development Michael Griffin during his speech in Congress.

Currently, the US Department of Defense is faced with problems that are caused by the uncertainty of the tasks associated with the creation of its own hypersonic weapons. The department still does not fully understand what exactly it is necessary to spend money on. At the same time, the Pentagon is frightened by the high rate of development of such systems in Russia and China. Therefore, many experts are calling for the inclusion of hypersonic weapons in existing arms control treaties or for the conclusion of new agreements to minimize or completely ban their testing, the media concluded.

Note that the Americans actually signed for their inability to resist the hypersonic weapons of the Russian Federation and the PRC at this stage. Now they can try to hide behind an international deal in order to gain time, and when necessary - abandon the agreements, as they did with the INF Treaty.
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    1. -7
      17 July 2021 20: 29
      Reading what is written above, I felt as if I was listening to a jammed record. All information fits into 5-7 lines. Why is there so much information void in the swamp of letters?
      1. -12
        17 July 2021 21: 03
        It would be possible to limit ourselves to just the title - I read it and it’s already funny. lol
        1. +3
          18 July 2021 09: 28
          Show your finger to the holy fool from the import, he will laugh fool
        2. avg
          +1
          18 July 2021 17: 35
          But I liked this passage:

          The document specifies that the Russian Federation and the PRC are betting on hypersonic systems with a focus on nuclear weapons, and the United States needs such weapons mainly for tactical use. This is more difficult and requires more precision.

          Those. they know about the "Vanguard", but they have not heard about the operational-tactical "Dagger" and "Zircon". It would be more honest to squeeze out something like: "Well, I didn't, I didn't ..."
    2. +6
      17 July 2021 21: 53
      I read the article, I did not understand - what can be more complicated than a hypersonic missile with a conventional warhead from the same, but with a nuclear warhead. They have long had guidance systems with an accuracy of plus or minus a meter, that is, directly into the window. Excuse these all their words, they are banal so far lagging behind, that is, they can not do anything, neither the hypersonic missile itself nor the anti-missile. They will make no doubts, but Russia and China will not stand still, they will come up with something else.

      The United States does not have systems that could expose them (China and the Russian Federation - ed.) Danger to the proper degree and we do not have protection against their systems (hypersonic - ed.)

      I read two comments from above, generally boredom, about nothing, just an echo of thoughts in empty containers on my shoulders. Congratulate me, I can read your thoughts, it's easy to do, because they are not there.
      1. +1
        18 July 2021 05: 21
        Quote: chemyurij
        there are guidance systems with an accuracy of plus or minus a meter

        Guiding where? into a Russian submarine under the ice of the northern Arctic? The United States regularly fails air defense / missile defense tests and cannot get into its own blanks flying at subsonic speeds.
    3. -7
      17 July 2021 22: 18
      And I understood that the United States will now try to install missiles as close to our borders as possible. And no hyper-duper is needed. In 2-3 minutes, our air defense system may not react. Also, Putin himself offers his bases in our Asia. China does not offer, but Putin is a kind soul. He tries to help the Americans with the last bit of strength.
      A joke for average minds:
      "I bought a hare in the store, a knife, but it's whole!"
    4. -2
      18 July 2021 08: 46
      And, weekly news from NI Pushkov about "inability to withstand the hypersonic weapons of Russia" ....
    5. 0
      18 July 2021 11: 49
      So who lost the Cold War?
      1. +2
        18 July 2021 13: 38
        Quote: Serzha
        So who lost the Cold War?

        It's a good question, no one has lost yet, it has not ended and continues permanently. There was a moment the United States decided that it had put Russia on its shoulder, we were able to dissuade them otherwise. Now the United States is frantically looking for a way out of a situation in which a wrong step is a step into the abyss.