The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded research and development contracts to several military contractors to design aglide phase interceptor to take out enemy hypersonic missiles.
According to Breaking Defense, the system is intended to catch up to and destroy an offensive hypersonic missile before it enters into its descent phase, where it becomes challenging to track and destroy due to its face-melting speed.
Missile Command.
The US, China, and Russia are in a new arms race because of hypersonic missiles. Current anti-missile defense systems can't keep up with hypersonics
During a small window of time when a hypersonic missile is locating and locking onto its target, the glide phase interceptor is designed to strike it. If the missile enters its decent phase when the missile misses the window, it becomes impossible to catch because it is going too fast.
The US Navy has an established key asset in its fleet, an Aegis class destroyer, which is suited for launching high altitude missiles. The development of advanced radar and satellite technology that will allow for the tracking of launched hypersonic missiles is being funded by the MDA.
Dividing Arrows.
The United States and its allies were unable to detect the weapon before it was supposed to hit its intended target, as a result of a recent Chinese hypersonic missile test.
General David Thompson, the vice chief of space operations for the US Space Force, said after that launch that the US is not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs.
Russia performed a hypersonic missile test in the northern part of the country.
The US failed hypersonic test days after Chinese success.
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