The Pentagon intends to catch up with Russia and China in the return of hypersonic weapons.

According to the information available to the resource Avia.pro, the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) intends to spend on the creation of a hypersonic missile, which is likely to be used in the air-missile complex, 928 million dollars. In fact, the United States intends to catch up with Russia and China in the arms race, which this country is still losing, but given the fact that the development of a hypersonic missile will take years, during this time more advanced systems will appear in the arsenal of the same Russia.

It is known that the American company Lockheed Martin will develop the hypersonic missile for the US Air Force, the representatives of which said that the process of developing a missile capable of moving at hypersonic speed will take at least 5 years, and in case of successful tests, The missile will be adopted by the US Air Force for 2025.

What will be based on the developers of the hypersonic missile for the US Air Force, so far remains unknown.