The Pentagon plans to start purchasing hypersonic missiles next fiscal year, this follows from the draft military budget for next year. according to the document, the military intends to allocate 11 billion. dollars for the purchase of such weapons.
The US Department of Defense plans to 2024 fiscal year spend order 11 billion. for the purchase of hypersonic weapons from the enterprises of the American military-industrial complex, this is about 24 missiles. true, before that, part of these funds will be spent on continuing work in this direction, testing, prototyping, etc.. The purchase itself is at the last place in this list.. When, if any of the items is not implemented, then there will be no missiles, their purchase will be carried over to the next year.
(…) investments include continued development, testing and procurement of hypersonic missiles and other long-range strike systems, large-scale development of hypersonic prototypes, acquisition 24 hypersonic missiles (…)- the document says.
generally,, the US military expects to begin deploying hypersonic weapons around 2025 year and not later. Vice Admiral Sarah Joyner, spokesman for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a briefing, deployment of hypersonic weapons at sea, ground and air platforms should pass in the mid-2020s, this will give the maximum deterrent effect “the enemy, equal in strength”, referring to Russia and China, and the PRC to a greater extent.
Previously, the United States recognized, which are far behind Russia and China in the development of hypersonic weapons. In NATO, developments in this area are generally silent, although a number of European countries are conducting them and very actively. At the same time, Brussels announced, that today they do not have the means to intercept hypersonic missiles.
