The picture shows Darkhawk missile
After years of development, the US Darkhawk missile is finally entering the service stage. This missile may be deployed to the Western Pacific, and the deployment locations include Guam . As an hypersonic missile, , the Darkhawk can reach 3,800 kilometers per hour and can fight from Guam to China. So what should we do? Especially as the United States continues to accelerate the construction of Indo-Pacific Strategy , the pressure faced by China is also increasing rapidly. This issue will analyze the threat of the US Darkhawk missile.
The picture shows the US military missile
The United States is the first country in the world to propose the concept of hypersonic weapon . This weapon originated from the strategy of fighting the global market in one hour. Although the United States has global strategic strike capabilities and is another country in the world that has mastered the Trinity nuclear deterrence capabilities besides Russia, the United States believes that the previous nuclear forces were not very useful in conventional operations. In this context, the United States needs to develop a weapon that can fly at high speed and launch strikes at any location in the world, and it is a hypersonic missile.
The picture shows the flight speed of the US military missile
hypersonic missile, which is required to maintain a speed of more than Mach 5. But in fact, the speed of Chinese and Russian hypersonic weapons is generally above Mach 10, and some are even higher. The speed of this Darkhawk missile from the United States is obviously not up to the standard of hypersonic missiles. Even if the speed is further improved, it will barely pass the exam. However, as a medium- and long-range missile of the US military, the strength of the Darkhawk missile cannot be underestimated. Its maximum range has reached 6,000 kilometers. After deployment in Guam, it means that it can cover a large area in the Asia-Pacific region.
At the beginning, the United States and Russia accused each other of violating the relevant agreements of the INF Treaty, and Trump simply withdrew from the agreement. In fact, the withdrawal of the INF Treaty is largely a way for this weapon. However, what embarrasses the United States is that although it is the first country in the world to propose the concept of hypersonic weapons, its development progress is far behind China and Russia, so that China and Russia have a number of hypersonic missiles in service, and the United States is still in testing.
The picture shows Dark Eagle missile
This Dark Eagle missile was originally planned to be put into service in 2023. Its development path can be said to be full of twists and turns, and it failed in its first test launch. So, why did the United States, which clearly has strong scientific research capabilities, fail in the development of hypersonic missiles one after another? The reason is actually very simple. In the past 30 years, the United States has fallen into a state of defeat. Without the Soviet Union as an opponent, the development of many weapons and equipment of the US military has fallen into confusion and started a lot of exploration. Some projects are obviously very valuable, but the United States will always give up halfway. After other countries surpass themselves, the United States will launch this project again, which directly led to many military scientific research projects being blocked. Hypersonic weapons are in this category.
Judging from the current situation, although the Darkhawk missile is expected to be put into use next year, it has been widened by a big gap compared with the same type of weapons from China and Russia. Therefore, even if the United States pursues blindly, it is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve results. At present, the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific direction has begun to change, and it cannot be completely reversed by the United States' new deployment of one or two missiles.
