Germany will create its own hypersonic weapon, to resist the latest Russian weapons. A national program to develop such weapons launched in 2018 year Armaments, information technology and operation of the Bundeswehr. It is reported by German newspaper Die Welt, citing the statement of the European company's sales manager in Germany MBDA Peter Haylmayera.
The publication writes, that we are talking about creating your own controlled hypersonic missile, whose speed exceeds five Mach numbers. planned, that the prototype will take about three years. It is emphasized, The new missile is created exclusively for defensive purposes, as a response to specific Russian newest weapons, including new tanks and “Putin's missile”.
celebrated. that work on the new missile is Germany alone, at his own expense. But not excluded, that the project in the future can connect other EU countries, and the missile itself is integrated into the European missile defense system.
At first, the former head of US Northern Command, General Howard Thompson said, Russia and China have already reached “fourth dimension” in the military sphere - this is indicated by hypersonic weapons produced there. General stressed, that the US will not be able to protect themselves from a hypersonic weapon, which has made the entire US air and missile defense system “simply useless”.
earlier it was reported, hypersonic weapons that have already developed, Russia and China. Active work on such a US-led arms, as well as a number of countries. However, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed, that the creation of hypersonic weapons Russia ahead of the US, least, on 10-15 years.
