The head of the US Defense Ministry said Mark Esper, that hypersonic weapons systems will be available to the US military during the next "couple of years", RIA Novosti.
The corresponding statement was made by Mark Esper to the media. One of the journalists asked the official, how close the United States came to the creation of advanced hypersonic weapon. the official said, that the establishment of such defense systems will be resolved in the next "couple of years".
It is worth recalling, that the acting head of the US Army earlier said Ryan McCarthy, that Washington encourages any options for different types of missiles, the use of which was prohibited by the Treaty of the Intermediate Range.
Previously, our site reported, that the agency is the Defense Advanced research commissioned by the Pentagon opened a tender for aircraft, which will have no wing mechanization. It is supposed to create a revolutionary new aircraft. Developers abandon hydraulics, mechanical and electrical systems, and replace them with active programs air flow control.