United States CANNOT stop hypersonic missiles
capable of killing millions THE United States cannot block hypersonic
missiles that could devastate the country, a top Air Force General as admitted. The missiles can deploy warheads that travel
at 20 times the speed of sound and can dodge air defences as they loop through the skies. US Strategic Command, Air Force General John
Hyten testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday (March 20). When asked about the effectiveness of US defences,
he revealed the country would be powerless against the state-of-the-art weapons.
He said: "We have a very difficult well,
our defence is our deterrent capability. We don't have any defence that could deny
the employment of such a weapon against us, so our response would be our deterrent force,
which would be the triad and the nuclear capabilities that we have to respond to such a threat. His comments come as China and Russia lead
the way in the development of hypersonic rockets. Last year, it was revealed Chinas Peoples
Liberation Army (PLA) is making ballistic missiles dubbed hypersonic glide vehicles,
or HGVs, capable of striking anywhere in the US in less than an hour.
A HGV is an unmanned aircraft fired by a launcher
at staggering speeds enabling it to skip through the Earths atmosphere. And the prospect of the missiles making impact
is so terrifying they have been described as the ultimate doomsday weapon that
would render defence systems useless. Zhou Chenming, a Beijing-based military observer,
previously warned of the dangers posed by the sophisticated technology. He said: Compared to conventional ballistic
missiles, HGVs are more complex and difficult to intercept, Zhou said.
The US, Japan and India should be worried
about Chinas developments in HGV technology because it can reach targets quicker and more
accurately, with military bases in Japan and even nuclear reactors in India being targeted..
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