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 by Staff Writers Colorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2019
Last week, Army Space and Missile Command chief Lieutenant General James Dickinson said in congressional testimony that the US armed forces were planning five test programs on hypersonic weapons systems in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean The United States is moving quickly to develop hypersonic weapons just as Russia and China are doing, US Strategic Command Commander Gen. John Hyten told reporters on the sidelines of a space forum in Colorado on Tuesday. "Russia and China are going really fast in hypersonics right now, we're going to move fast to make sure we can do that," Hyten said. The official also noted that the US had no intention to use hypersonic weapons in its nuclear deterrence force. "Russia and China talk about hypersonics as part of their future strategic deterrent force, which means nuclear hypersonic capabilities," Hyten said. "We don't have any plan for using hypersonics in our nuclear deterrent force." The commander expressed hope that the US and Russia would get together on a New START Treaty. "I desire... that the country [the United States] be in a New START treaty... with our adversaries, Russia in particular," Hyten said about the 2010 treaty which expires in 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the 3M22 Zircon (NATO reporting name: SS-N-33) hypersonic missile, revealing that it can reach a stunning speed of nine Mach and strike targets both at sea and on the ground at a distance of up to 1,000 kilometres. Source: RIA Novosti
Putin and Erdogan discuss S-400 missile deal Moscow (AFP) April 8, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart on Monday discussed a missile deal slammed by the US as well as closer military cooperation during a visit by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Moscow. The two sides must "strengthen cooperation in the military-technical sphere," Putin told Erdogan as they met in the Kremlin. "These regard first of all the completion of the contract to supply S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to Turkey," he said. "There are other promising projects on the ... read more
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