Agency on missile defense of the USA Missile Defense Agency

History

2020: Financing in the amount of $130 million for creation of satellites for tracking of hypersonic weapon

In December, 2020 the U. S. Congress within the adopted defense budget selected $130 million for creation of grouping of satellites for tracking of hypersonic weapon. These means will be received by missile defense Agency.

According to Defense News, new satellites will allow to close "a massive gap" in the American missile warning system. The devices which are in a low orbit will provide data of targeting on hypersonic weapon which is less noticeable for tracking and can maneuver during flight.

The agency on missile defense of the USA received financing in the amount of $130 million for creation of satellites for tracking of hypersonic weapon

Earlier initiators of selection of additional resources tried to pay attention that departments are not budgeted money for creation of the sensor of tracking of hypersonic weapon and ballistic missiles in space (HBTSS). At the same time earlier the agency asked congressmen to select for this purpose $108 million.

One of active developers of hypersonic arms in the world is Russia. In particular, the Russian enterprises are engaged in creation of hypersonic rockets for the strategic Tu-160M and Tu-95MC bombers and multi-purpose submarines of the Huskies project. On alert of the country the hypersonic anti-ship missiles "Dagger" included in MiG-31BM, and Avangard gliders in the nomenclature of arms of fighters-perekhvatichkov are already accepted. The USA considers Russia and China potential military opponents.

In December, 2020 it became known that Management of perspective research projects and the Air Force (AF) of the U.S. Armed Forces failed attempt of the first start of a prototype of "this" hypersonic rocket created within the Hypersonic Air-Air Weapon Concept (HAWC) program. According to Air Force Magazine, start of a product from the strategic B-52 Stratofortress bomber did not take place because of "a question of construction", and in connection with "silly errors".^[1]

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