Former US military major General Howard Thompson told us about the arms, “the fourth dimension”, dominated by Russia and China. According to the officer, the United States also need to develop the defense industry.
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He wrote about this in an article for the Hill.
The ex-commander of the Northern command of the U.S. armed forces references a study by the Institute for aerospace research Mitchell, which clearly indicates that a hypersonic weapon in modern war allows you to “shrink the window of decision-making” of the enemy and engage targets at high speed around the globe.
Thompson notes that Russia and China are already engaged in the development of such weapons. So, the author gives the example of a recent test of the Russian hypersonic complex “Avangard”.
China, says a retired military also proved to be quite aggressive in trying to achieve a similar level of armament. According to the Deputy Secretary of defense for research and development Dr Mike Griffin, last year Beijing spent more than Washington over the last ten years.
In December 2018, the chamber of the United States said that the United States lacked the capacity to counter hypersonic weapons from Russia and China.
As reported by Deputy defense Minister of Russia Yuri Borisov, Russian hypersonic missile complex “Dagger” can hit the enemy aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and frigates.