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Pentagon: U.S. Lacks ‘Adequate’ Defense Against Hypersonic Weapons
Posted By Natalie Johnson On November 13, 2018 @ 4:55 pm
The United States is not equipped to combat Chinese or Russian hypersonic weapons that have the capacity to overwhelm American missile-defense systems, according to a senior Pentagon official.
Michael Griffin, the under secretary of defense for research and engineering, said Tuesday the Pentagon has not deployed "adequate" defenses against the highly maneuverable and difficult-to-detect weapons being aggressively pursued by U.S. adversaries.
URL to article: https://freebeacon.com/national-security/pentagon-u-s-lacks-adequate-defense-hypersonic-weapons/