In the United States, a few days after the publication of personnel from flight tests of the Avangard hypersonic strategic missile system in Russia, the first attempts to analyze the situation appeared. Perhaps, one of the first noted National Interest, which led specific analytics, at the end of which he made a very clear conclusion:
We (USA) there is no protection.
The article notes, that US military experts are "gloomy about, that a Russian missile can be intercepted by anything at all ”.
Added, that even if there was a 50% chance of intercepting the Avangard’s warheads, even that would be unacceptable from the point of view of the security of the United States of America.
NI noted, what in 2019 Russia will definitely overtake the United States and China in the development of hypersonic weapons.
Other Western publications are trying to evaluate the statement made the day before by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, Yuri Borisov..
Recall, what, According to Borisov, during flight tests, the "Vanguard" reached speed in 27 Makhov, what can be called a truly phenomenal indicator.
The Associated Press tells its readers, that the "Vanguard" overcame the distance from the Orenburg region to Kamchatka, flying "3700 miles" and "reaching speed in 27 sound speeds ". noted, that the hypersonic complex in flight changes altitude, deviates in different planes, making it invulnerable to missile defense systems. The author actually makes it clear, that US-built elements of a missile defense system in eastern Europe (Romanian Deveselu and Polish Rezikovo) - taxpayer money down the drain.
At the same time, a statement is made by Sergey Ivanov:
Vanguard was hundreds of times cheaper, than the US missile defense, for which money was spent.
Further from AP material:
Russian official Sergey Ivanov, smiling, compared the flight of this weapon with a pebble, bouncing from the surface of the water.
Other Western media have claims against intelligence services in their countries. The general message can be represented as follows: “Like special services (USA and other Western countries) allowed, so that a gas station country has such an incredible weapon as “avant-garde”?”
experts note, what we need to state the presence of breakthrough technologies in Russia, which allow the complex to move at tremendous speeds, enter the atmosphere and stay intact – until the moment of defeat of the target.
