The United States recognized that they are behind Russia in the development of weapons

The journal Science published an article about the difficulties that the United States faces in developing the latest

hypersonic weapons. Russia already has this.

The author of the material discussed the topic with various experts.One of them, aerospace engineer Mark Lewis, said that the Pentagon has been dreaming of maneuverable hypersonic weapons since the beginning of the Cold War. However, due to poor funding for the industry, the idea was shelved.

The US leadership has returned to it relatively recently. Now the Pentagon is investing a billion dollars each year in development. It is reported that competitors in the person of China and Russia spurred the Americans.

Fellow aerospace engineer Iain Boyd said national pride was at stake. In essence, a new arms race has begun.

China, for example, already has a plannerhypersonic warhead "Dongfeng-17." And, as the senior fellow at the American Council on Foreign Policy says, the American missile defense system is practically powerless before him. In addition, in Russia, Avangard hypersonic systems have already taken up combat duty.