MOSCOW, 22 Mar-RIA Novosti. The United States intends to modernize the missile defense software due to the appearance of hypersonic weapons in Russia, RT reports, citing a document from the American Missile Defense Agency.
We are talking about the Command and Control System, Combat Control and Communications (C2BMC) - a key element of missile defense. The goal of its consistent modernization is called strengthening protection against ballistic missiles.
At the same time, the US military agrees that the process needs to be accelerated — each stage of the introduction of new components takes from 24 to 36 months, and the opposite side has more and more new developments.
The future C2BMC architecture is expected to adopt new missile defense elements as they become available and provide interoperability with Allied forces.
The C2BMC system allows for a comprehensive response to weapons of mass destruction in all phases of flight. It links Patriot, THAAD, Aegis, AN/TPY-2 radar, space-based infrared system (SBIRS), and others.
Earlier, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called hypersonic systems the basis of the Russian non-nuclear deterrence forces. Last year, two intercontinental ballistic missiles with Avangard hypersonic blocks were put on combat duty. Before that, the Southern Military District received interceptors with Dagger missiles. The Defense Ministry also reported on successful launches of Zircon missiles, which will be equipped with warships and submarines.
