U.S. races to build a weapon fast enough to stop Russia's latest missiles

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The U.S. may seek to fight fire with fire when it comes to Russia's and China's hypersonic weapons.

The U.S. is racing to build missiles fast enough to stop Russia's latest hypersonic weapons, a threat the Pentagon admits it has no defense against.

To do so, the Pentagon has begun investing in its own hypersonic capabilities on land, air and sea. As the Navy and Air Force pursue projects, the Army is reportedly seeking more than $1 billion to build the land-launched long-range hypersonic weapon over the next few years. As The Diplomat reported Friday, despite the weapon's name its range is actually about 1,400 miles, which means it was banned under the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that the U.S.

As the two powers bicker over the suspended agreement, Russia has announced a unilateral moratorium on the deployment of shorter- and medium-range missiles unless the U.S. installs them first. Should the Pentagon use such weapons, however, Putin has warned that he would target not only missile systems based in Europe but also their"decision-making centers" in the U.S., where his hypersonic weapons could reportedly strike within five minutes.

 

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Putin is a weird little runt. He's a master criminal but effectively impotent.

Is this a joke?

i thought Reagan already built this, we paid for it

Russian missile technology is not up to Putin’s bluster. DARPA probably has something in the works as does the U.S. Military. Let’s not surrender the field before all the facts are known. More concerning is Putin’s hold on Trump. What is it and how will it affect his thinking?

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