The Pentagon believes that a real threat emanates from Russian hypersonic missiles.

The US Department of Defense urgently allocated nearly a billion dollars to acquire additional missile defense equipment, fearing the latest Russian hypersonic missiles. For additional funds, it is planned to acquire elements of the THAAD anti-missile defense system, while in the near future, it is planned to refine the system, increasing its effectiveness to intercept high-speed targets.

More recently, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Russian hypersonic Zircon rocket "Putin's boasting," however. Obviously, the US Department of Defense believes that the capabilities of the Russian “Zircons” are quite consistent with those about which the Russian president spoke. Moreover, today there are also Dagger aircraft missile systems in Russia, which have a greater long-range, albeit less damaging effect, and over the next few months, Avant-garde missile systems are also planned to be adopted by Russia. defeats in more than 10 thousand meters, with the flight speed of combat maneuvering units in 33 thousand km / h.

It should be clarified that the effectiveness of the American THAAD missile defense system is in very great doubt, since Turkey refused to acquire it, choosing the Russian Triumph C-400 air defense systems (PRO), which, as it turned out, can intercept missiles moving even with hypersonic speed.