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The United States of America is trying to develop its own means of combating hypersonic weapons. This was stated by the First Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States Kathleen Hicks in an interview with a journalist. She stressed that “serious funds” were directed to these studies. And the Pentagon wants to be sure that it is able to protect the country from hypersonic weapons.
At the same time, they are also developing their own weapons of this type. According to Hicks, there is “promising progress” on several programs at once. However, she refused to compare American and Russian missiles, arguing that she did not want to think “within the framework of an arms race.”
The Pentagon spokeswoman added that the United States has its own concept of using hypersonic weapons in combat. And it differs significantly from the Russian and Chinese approaches.
Hypersonic missile weapons are capable of traveling at speeds over 1.6 km/s. And at the same time maneuver using aerodynamic forces. Russia has 5 variants of such weapons. Two more are in the process of development and will soon also enter the army. The USA has been developing since the late 1980s. However, so far all tests have failed.