{"id":1927844,"date":"2023-05-10T05:10:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-officials-acknowledge-uncertainty-in-defending-against-hypersonic-missiles\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T05:15:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:15:15","slug":"pentagon-officials-acknowledge-uncertainty-in-defending-against-hypersonic-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-officials-acknowledge-uncertainty-in-defending-against-hypersonic-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon admits difficulty in defending against hypersonic missiles."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-officials-acknowledge-uncertainty-in-defending-against-hypersonic-missiles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1927844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The United States Department of Defense is Racing to Develop Hypersonic Missiles and Effective Defenses<\/h2>\n<p>The United States Department of Defense (DOD) is seeking nearly $30 billion in its $680 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget request for missile defeat and defense programs across all branches of the military. Right now, the DOD is in a race to develop its own hypersonic missiles and engineer effective defenses against the high-velocity, maneuverable missiles being developed by Russia and, particularly, by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC).<\/p>\n<h3>Existing Systems Have &#8220;Capabilities&#8221; Against Hypersonic Weapons<\/h3>\n<p>During questioning by Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chair Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) in a May 9 budget hearing, four flag officers said some existing systems have \u201ccapabilities\u201d against hypersonic weapons but did not know for sure until they are tested against the evolving missile systems.<\/p>\n<p>King was not happy. \u201cIt seems to me that we are spending a lot more money to developing hypersonic missiles than we are developing capabilities to defend against them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>Defending Against Hypersonic Missiles<\/h3>\n<p>King asked Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. Jon A. Hill if an aircraft carrier could be defended against a hypersonic missile attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the capability to stop it in two places, in the boost-glide phase\u201d and when the missile re-enters the atmosphere, Hill said, noting the Navy\u2019s SM-6 missiles are \u201ccruise missile killers\u201d designed to track and kill fast-moving, maneuverable targets that can fly high and skim the surface. \u201cIt would be defeated by a destroyer defending a carrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noting Ukrainians claim they shot down a Russian hypersonic weapon last week with a Patriot anti-air missile provided by the U.S., Hill said the Patriot systems, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missiles (THAAD), and Aegis ballistic defense system all have \u201ccapability\u201d demonstrated in tests against hypersonics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHAAD operates on the edge of the atmosphere,\u201d he said. \u201cWe haven\u2019t tested it against hypersonic, but I\u2019m willing to bet there are capacities that we can leverage there.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Investments in Regional Ballistic, Cruise, and Hypersonic Missile Defense Capabilities<\/h3>\n<p>Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John F. Plumb said the budget request \u201cmakes substantial investments in regional ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic missile defense capabilities,\u201d including $1.2 billion for PAC-3 Patriot missile \u201cinterceptors,\u201d $1 billion for Aegis and THAAD interceptors, and $259 million for regional hypersonic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-officials-acknowledge-uncertainty-in-defending-against-hypersonic-missiles\/\" title=\"Pentagon admits difficulty in defending against hypersonic missiles.\">ballistic missile defense space sensors<\/a> and the development of a Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-u-s-commander-we-must-assume-very-real-possibility-that-we-may-need-to-use-nukes-against-china-russia\/\" title=\"Top U.S. Commander: We Must Assume \u2018Very Real Possibility\u2019 That We May Need To Use Nukes Against China, Russia\">missile system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Active Denial System<\/h3>\n<p>An operational version of the Active Denial System, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steps-the-u-s-can-take-to-defend-against-chinas-missiles\/\" title=\"Steps the U.S. Can Take to Defend Against China\u2019s Missiles\">directed energy weapon<\/a> that is the equivalent of science fiction\u2019s heat ray, is being developed by the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>King said these ant-missile systems are based on technologies from the 1980-90s and asked why DOD is not experimenting with using direct energy weapons to knock down missiles.<\/p>\n<p>At $4 to $10 million each, using missiles in a \u201cbullet on bullet approach is an expensive proposition\u201d in defending against other missiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Department of Defense (DOD) is seeking nearly $30 billion in its $680 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget request for missile defeat and defense programs across all branches of the military. 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