The next strategic directive of the Joint Council for Monitoring the needs of the Pentagon will focus on the future "integrated air and missile defense" (air defense and missile defense), reports Breaking Defense statement of the deputy chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (AF) of the United States, General John Hyten.
"I would like to get sensors above my head that see everything, characterize everything that happens on this planet, from the point of view of rockets, always and everywhere... This is now anobtanium, " the military said.
According to him, in the autumn of this year, it is planned to complete "an assessment of the lack of opportunities for everything in this portfolio".
The publication recalls that the directives issued in June defined the requirements for all-domain command and control, logistics and information dominance.
In July, the publication The Drive reported that the Air Force (Air Force) The US has failed flight tests of a prototype of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic missile for the second time.
In the same month, the American magazine The National Interest, referring to a report prepared by the Congressional Research Service, wrote that the United States is unlikely to narrow the gap in the field of hypersonic weapons with Russia and China in the coming years, which may lead to potential risks for the former in the future.
Ivan Potapov
