US plans to test hypersonic weapons next year
He stressed that "the development of hypersonic weapons is a priority management task," which has been working "jointly with the Air Force and NASA, as well as with the Army (ground forces) and the Navy for several years."
He also said that he was working with the US Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency on developing ways to protect against enemy hypersonic weapons.
At the same time, he noted that the development of hypersonic technologies in the United States "are under-funded."
The head of the department pointed out that China is investing heavily in the development of such weapons, as well as the construction of infrastructure facilities for them. According to him, their number is “more than two or three times” than in the USA itself.
The PRC, the director of DARPA stressed, “made the hypersonic weapon its national priority.”
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