In recent years, the rapid development of the hypersonic missile technology of China and Russia has made the United States extremely wary. In order to deal with the hypersonic missiles of China and Russia, the United States has vigorously developed its own hypersonic missiles in an attempt to suppress China on the offensive end. Russia; on the other hand, is looking for ways to intercept hypersonic missiles to strengthen the United States' ability to deal with hypersonic missile threats. According to US media reports, the Pentagon plans to organize some US arms giants to develop an air defense missile that can accurately destroy hypersonic missiles during the gliding phase.
reported that the Pentagon hopes that the new hypersonic interceptor missile can be integrated into the existing guided missile destroyer equipped with the "Aegis" combat system, so that the US Navy has the ability to detect, track and intercept hypersonic missiles. It is worth noting that this plan is the second time the Pentagon has launched the development of hypersonic interceptors. Prior to this, the Pentagon conducted demonstrations on technologies and solutions for intercepting hypersonic missiles and selected some solutions with potential applications. However, during further discussions, the Pentagon decided that the technology was too difficult and gave up.
Military experts said that when the Pentagon restarted the research and development of hypersonic interceptors, it is very likely that it believes that merely developing hypersonic missiles is far from being able to effectively contain the hypersonic missiles of China and Russia, and that efforts need to be made from both offense and defense. It is reported that after the release of this research and development plan, Raytheon Company and Northrop Grumman Company came up with plans immediately. However, another arms giant that specializes in missile technology, Lockheed Martin Company , But he didn't participate.
American media believe that the absence of Lockheed Martin may be requested by the Pentagon. Currently, Lockheed Martin is responsible for most of the research and development work of hypersonic missiles in the United States, such as the AGM-183A air-launched hypersonic missile that the US Air Force has high hopes for. , produced by Lockheed Martin. At present, the U.S. military has not equipped a hypersonic missile. The Pentagon obviously wants Lockheed Martin to devote itself entirely to the research and development of hypersonic missiles. If we continue to participate in the research and development of hypersonic interceptors, it will inevitably distract the attention of research and development personnel and affect the progress of research and development.
Regarding the Pentagon's plan to develop hypersonic interceptor missiles, military experts said that intercepting hypersonic missiles is a cutting-edge technology in the field of military science and technology and is worth trying, but the success rate is minimal. The reason is that the flight speed of hypersonic missiles is generally above Mach 5, and some even reach Mach 10. In addition, they can change orbits and maneuver during flight. Existing tracking technology can hardly determine the trajectory of hypersonic missiles.
At present, the success rate of the anti-missile system , which the United States has spent a lot of money to build, is not very high even when intercepting supersonic missiles, let alone intercepting hypersonic missiles. Military experts said that it is not impossible to intercept hypersonic missiles, but it will take a long time for this technology to mature from project establishment to real weapons and equipment.
