Russia has been working on developing its own hypersonic weapons for a long time. At the beginning of 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally advertised the 6 killer weapons that Russia is developing in his State of the Union address. Most of them are weapons that rely on speed to win, in addition to the Vanguard strategic missile, there are now many successful tests, and the 3M22 "Zircon" hypersonic anti-ship missile mounted on the Type 22350 frigate, and the Kh-47M2 "Dagger" tactical missile, which has become one of the main forces of the Russian Aerospace Force, and so on (this missile can also be seen as an air-launched version of the Iskandel ballistic missile).
(Kh-47M2 Dagger tactical missile)
Originally, Russia developed these hypersonic weapons for defense, because such weapons are specifically picked at the throat of their opponent countries, even in the case of NATO military expenditure of more than 20 times Russia, as long as Russia's hypersonic weapons have enough capabilities to break through NATO's air defense network, then the opponent does not dare to act rashly, not to mention that since 1993, Russia has given up its commitment not to use nuclear weapons first. But today's Russia finds itself with hypersonic weapons that are powerful enough to sustain them in offensive operations, which is obviously no small threat to NATO, not to mention that nato's boss is a hegemonic country like the United States with "persecution paranoia".
(Three hypersonic test launch maps published by Sandia National Laboratory in the United States)
So the United States is also developing its own hypersonic weapons, and the Army, Navy and Air Force are advancing at the same time, but the situation in the Americans does not seem to be optimistic. According to the latest reports in the US media, just a few days ago, the Pentagon confirmed that they had just conducted a test of hypersonic technology that had been frustrated, and according to the Americans themselves, the reason for the failure of the launch was that the rocket booster worked abnormally. Just a day ago, the Americans also tested the parts of the hypersonic test vehicle separately, and all of them were successful, but when they were integrated, they were once again hit in the head.
（X-51A）
At this point, the Americans have suffered failures in the development of hypersonic weapons and equipment of the army, navy and air force, and it is worth mentioning that the Americans have planted their heads every time because of rocket engine/booster problems. Since the United States kept the X-51A hypersonic vehicle at Mach 500 for 300 seconds more than a decade ago, they have not made any decent breakthroughs in this field, and the fastest progression of hypersonic weapons in the US Army, Navy and Air Force is the Air Force's AGM-183A, but the missile does not look like it can be used in actual combat.
（B-52挂载AGM-183A）
According to the PPT released by the United States itself, the AGM-183A is more like a "toothpick" in front of mainstream hypersonic weapons, and its hypersonic glider is very small, and the warhead weighs only 22 kilograms. What is this concept? The "nuclear bazooka" developed by the Americans during the Cold War (the product of suicide attacks with an explosion radius exceeding the range of the weapon) weighed as little as 23 kilograms, so that the AGM-183A completely bid farewell to the possibility of flying with any nuclear warhead. It should be known that Russia's hypersonic weapons are basically used to kill strategic-level targets, and the smallest is also a large surface ship, such as a large base on the ground, an aircraft carrier and so on. However, things like the AGM-183A can basically only be used against soft targets, at most tank armored vehicles.
(S-500 anti-aircraft missile)
In fact, in addition to being very crotch-pulling on the hypersonic weapons used for offense, the Americans were also unable to stop them in terms of defensive means. Previously, the United States used the Ali Burke-class destroyer equipped with the Aegis defense system to try to use "Standard 3" and "Standard 6" to simulate the interception of hypersonic missiles, and finally all failed. Russia, on the other hand, is already planning to intercept hypersonic missiles, both the active S-400 and the S-500, which will soon be in service. (Text/Akula)