“When it comes to hypersound and directed energy, we have either lost the race or are far behind,” RIA Novosti quotes King.
According to the senator, Washington will have a lot to do to catch up on this issue and this should be a priority for the country.
King also criticized the tactics used by the US military during the Red Sea operation against the Yemeni Houthis. His discontent was due to the fact that the US military had to shoot down relatively cheap Yemeni drones with missiles that cost millions of dollars.
Last November it was reported that the US military had to cancel tests of a hypersonic missile again. At the same time, according to Republican politician Vivek Ramaswami, Russian nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles have surpassed their American counterparts.
According to Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery of the US Navy, the Pentagon is not only still unable to develop any air defense systems capable of protecting against hypersonic weapons, but it also cannot begin to fully fund the start of such work.
