Whether it is China or Russia, the initial development of hypersonic weapons was motivated by a breakthrough in the US missile defense system at all levels. This is the need for asymmetric confrontation, and it is also the key to breaking the game! However, since China and Russia have developed hypersonic weapons, the advantage of the United States in conventional military strength has become smaller and smaller. Whether it is Russia's 3M22 "Zircon" hypersonic missile or China's Dongfeng-17, it is enough to form an asymmetric advantage. The Americans, who have a sense of crisis, have also accelerated the research of hypersonic weapons in recent years, and the army, navy and air force are advancing related plans, but the situation is not optimistic, and there is no related weapons and equipment so far.
According to the latest reports of the local media in the United States, just a few days ago, the US military has confirmed that on Thursday, local time, the latest hypersonic weapons test conducted by the US military suffered a tragic failure! The day before, the U.S. military had just conducted successful tests of three hypersonic weapon parts, and when the results were put together, they had to swallow the bitter fruit of failure. It is worth mentioning that this project is a common hypersonic weapons program jointly promoted by the U.S. Army and Navy, but this is the third consecutive failure of them!
So far, the development of hypersonic weapons of the US Army, Navy and Air Force has all failed, and it is reported that the Pentagon's confidence in such equipment is becoming less and less, and even the idea of shelving it indefinitely has been moved. This actually reflects the obvious decline of the US defense industry and manufacturing industry!
For example, the U.S. Air Force is testing the AGM-183A air-launched hypersonic missile, which has failed in two previous tests, and the first failure was due to the failure of the launch procedure and the missile did not leave the launcher at all. The reason for the failure of the second launch was that the missile engine failed to ignite successfully.
The AGM-183A hypersonic missile, which is currently the fastest-growing of all such weapons in the United States, is a far cry from the Army and Navy's own plans for such weapons. And all the data so far show that the AGM-183A weighs only a pitiful 22 kilograms in the warhead, and no matter how much it is improved, it is nothing more than a dojo in a snail shell.
According to the PPT announced by the US military. The AGM-183A's universal superb glider is about one-fiftieth the DF-17's ultra-high glider. Obviously, in terms of power, it is seriously insufficient!
In contrast, The hypersonic weapons of China and Russia have already entered a fairly mature stage of technology. For example, Russia's 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile is already a general-purpose naval missile and can be launched from a variety of platforms. It uses a super-flammable suction ramjet engine, with fine ballistic control and a large range relative to its volumetric weight! It has been successfully tested on nuclear submarines and 22350 frigates. In addition, Russia's Kh-47M2 "Dagger" hypersonic tactical missile, which belongs to the dual cone configuration, has also been heavily equipped with MiG-31K interceptors and Tu-22M3M supersonic bombers. In the future, china and Russia will only have more and more technological advantages over the United States in this field.