US unable to defend against Hypersonic weapons!

US unable to defend against
Russian and Chinese
hypersonic weapons,
report warns!

 

 

Mikoyan MiG-31K fighter jet with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles flies over Moscow's Red Square marking the 73rd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. (Alexei NikolskyTASS via Getty Images)

The U.S. lacks the defenses needed to protect against a new breed of highly sophisticated hypersonic weapons from China and Russia, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

“China and Russia are pursuing hypersonic weapons because their speed, altitude and maneuverability may defeat most missile defense systems, and they may be used to improve long-range conventional and nuclear strike capabilities,” the report said. “There are no existing countermeasures.”

Geez, WTF have they done 

with all Our tax dollars?

Earlier this year, the Russian military said it ran a successful test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile capable of sneaking through enemy defenses.

US AIR FORCE: WE'RE IN ‘DANGER’ OF FALLING BEHIND CHINA AND RUSSIA BY 2025 

A video posted by the Defense Ministry Sunday showed a MiG-31 fighter jet launching a Kinzhal (Dagger) missile during a training flight. The ministry said the missile, which carried a conventional warhead, hit a practice target at a firing range in southern Russia
 

The video screen above shows the Kinzhal missile system as Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers an annual address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, at Moscow's 

Manezh Central Exhibition Hall. (Mikhail MetzelTASS via Getty Images)

AIR FORCE SETS SIGHTS ON 

HIGH-TECH LASER WEAPONS

In April, the Pentagon announced a deal with Lockheed Martin to develop a “hypersonic conventional strike weapon” for the U.S. Air Force. The deal for the air-launched Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW) is worth up to $928 million.

Russia's MiG-31 supersonic interceptor jets carrying hypersonic Kinzhal (Dagger) missiles fly over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2018. (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Four months later, the Air Force awarded 

Lockheed Martin a contract of up to $480 million 

to design a second hypersonic prototype, the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW).

“The ARRW and HCSW efforts are developing unique capabilities for the warfighter and each has different 
technical approaches,” explained the Air Force, in a  statement. “The ARRW effort is ‘pushing the art-of-the-possible’ by leveraging the technical base established 
by the Air Force/DARPA partnership. 
The HCSW effort is using mature technologies 
that have not been integrated for an 
air-launched delivery system.”

In its response to the GAO, 
the Department of Defense described 
the report as "an accurate although sobering 
macro picture of how the US stands in the 
world against emerging threats."




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BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!