US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall previously revealed that the US Air Force's test of the AGM-183A hypersonic missile on March 13 failed again, without specifying the reasons for the failure. The US Air Force has not yet decided whether to continue with the ARRW project and whether it will need more funding. On the contrary, China and Russia have already deployed this kind of **, and the United States has only begun to announce the successful test launch of hypersonic missiles this year, and it is clearly lagging behind.
The United States has lost to Russia and China in the production and deployment of hypersonic "decisively", and the Pentagon has not yet developed a clear plan to deploy such systems in its own country, according to Wall Street. The American side also admitted that they did not complete the task on time, and due to the difficulty of developing hyperhypersonics, the progress is also slowing down. The newspaper notes that due to failed flight tests, poor infrastructure required for hypersonic ** tests, and the lack of a clear, comprehensive plan, it is no longer possible for the United States to "catch up", and what the United States needs to do now is to improve its most basic capabilities.
The European Defense Weekly and other Western ** have always been full of expectations for the US hypersonic **, and they hope that the United States will be the first to develop and equip this **, and then the NATO armed forces can use this standard**, so they praise the US launch plan;Even when this ** has not yet been put into service, Europe ** called it "the strongest hypersonic**", but Russia ** dismisses this, they believe that the United States may replace Lockheed after many failures, which shows that the performance of ** is not up to standard.
Some analysts believe that the goal of the ARRW project developed by Lockheed is not only to achieve ordinary hypersonic capabilities, but also to be able to be used in the three fields of sea, land and air, which gives the West an opportunity to "tout", and they believe that once the development is successful, it will be a mature version. But the fact that this year's test launch failed, as well as rumors that the United States plans to change companies, negate this idea, and it is no longer possible for the United States to overtake China and Russia in the field of hypersonic missiles. Therefore, the United States finally has to admit that they have lagged behind China and Russia, and even if they continue to advance or increase investment, it will be futile, because China and Russia are also developing.
In addition, hypersonic ** is regarded as the "decisive **" of future operations between major powers, it can ensure the hit rate of enemy fighters, bases, ** and other important targets, and there is currently no defense system in the world that can intercept this kind of rapid **, which is equivalent to only "spear" and no "shield". "When Russia launched multiple hypersonic missile strikes on Ukraine without being intercepted once, the United States realized the cost of going to war, and there were people who spread the unconfirmed news that 'Patriot missiles intercepted Dagger missiles';The combination of nuclear strike capability and undefensible hypersonic ** means that war between major powers is a very dangerous thing.