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06/15/2021 20:03
Igor Voron
MiG-31K with the "Dagger" hypersonic missile
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The Zircon and Dagger hypersonic missiles are a threat to US aircraft carriers. This is forcing the US Navy to develop new means of protection against hypersonic weapons.
The threat to US aircraft carriers from next-generation hypersonic anti-ship missiles and new defense developments were announced on June 14 by John Hill, Director of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), at a hearing before the Senate Defense Committee's Strategic Forces Subcommittee. "It is important that we have such an opportunity now, because now there is a hypersonic threat," Hill is quoted by the website of the American Naval Institute ( USNI ).
The site notes that in the past few years, Russia and China have demonstrated the first versions of hypersonic weapons, that is, those capable of moving more than five times the speed of sound. Potentially, it poses a serious threat to large American ships. The new missiles differ from supersonic cruise missiles, for which the Aegis system has been developed, with higher speeds and the ability to unexpectedly change the trajectory of flight on the way to the target.
In particular, the Russian Kinzhal missile stands out - an aeroballistic missile designed to be launched from MiG-31 and Su-34 aircraft (as in the text - note "Profile"). In addition, Russia is also developing the Zircon, "a sea-based hypersonic missile with a speed of 6 to 8 speeds of sound. The Zircon can hit both coastal and surface targets," notes the author of the article, columnist Sam Lagron.
According to MDA director John Hill, the first step towards creating a system for protecting the fleet from hypersonic threats is to deploy SM-6 long-range missiles on Aegis-equipped ships. In addition, the 2022 budget provides for accelerating the development of a new generation interceptor missile. This missile will interact with a hypersonic and ballistic tracking space sensor (HBTTS) satellite. Northrop Grumman and L3Harris are participating in the competition for the development of this satellite.
Earlier, Profil reported that a new generation of promising hypersonic systems is being developed in Russia , which will become the development of the previously created Avangard (strategic), Zircon (sea and submarine anti-ship missile) and the aforementioned Dagger. According to the developers, the new complexes will not differ from those created earlier in speed, but they will have great abilities to overcome missile defense, advanced guidance systems and other internal differences.
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