The United States of America has made serious progress in the development of guided munitions.

The American edition of The Drive provided a videotape showing that when attacking radical Islamists in Afghanistan, the US military uses unique ammunition that can dramatically change the direction of its movement, which may indicate a serious advance in the development of air-launched missiles.

In the first seconds of the video, it can be seen that a missile with a large fire trail has been released on the militants, which, according to experts, can indicate the use of ammunition capable of moving at a huge speed, possibly close to hypersonic. Of course, these arguments are in no way backed up, however, when using air-based missiles against enemy manpower, such a large fire trail is usually not observed.

"The appearance of a hypersonic missile in the arsenal of the US Air Force, or an ammunition moving at a speed close to hypersonic, is quite expected, however, the likelihood that this weapon will be used against the enemy's manpower is extremely small, especially given their rather high cost. Speech, most likely, is about modernized missiles, but this does not mean they are unique ", - the expert comments.

Closer to the end of the video, you can see how a guided missile is dropped from the aircraft, presumably a combat drone, to the fighters who hid in the shelter, which initially flies vertically downward, but later changes its angle of flight by 90 degrees, as a result of which it hits radical Islamists , sheltered in the economic extension.

"The presented video footage is quite interesting, as it underlines the serious progress of the United States in the development of guided munitions, especially given their rather large capacity", - the expert concluded.

Earlier it became known that the US Department of Defense intends to engage in the development of non-nuclear-type hypersonic missiles, for which it is planned to allocate about one billion dollars for these purposes.