{"id":2010854,"date":"2023-08-24T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-japan-hypersonic-system-to-shield-against-beijing-threat-expert\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:01:59","slug":"us-japan-hypersonic-system-to-shield-against-beijing-threat-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-japan-hypersonic-system-to-shield-against-beijing-threat-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert: US-Japan Hypersonic System to Counter Beijing Threat"},"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%2Fus-japan-hypersonic-system-to-shield-against-beijing-threat-expert%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=2010854&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>President Joe Biden \u2062and the leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed to deepen trilateral security ties while condemning\u2063 the \u200cChinese communist \u2063regime during a historic summit at Camp\u2062 David on Aug. \u200c18.<\/p>\n<p>The United States announced \u2063after the summit that Japan would participate in developing its hypersonic weapons\u200c interceptor missile &#8220;Glide Phase \u2063Interceptor&#8221; (GPI), which is to be\u200d equipped on Aegis-equipped ships.<\/p>\n<p>Hypersonic weapons fly at supersonic speeds of Mach 5 (five times the\u2063 speed of sound) or \u200cabove and are difficult to\u200c detect and intercept by radar. Deemed as a new\u2063 generation of weapons with the\u2064 potential to\u200c change the paradigm\u2064 of warfare, hypersonic weapons are currently developed in many countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-japan-south-korea-vow-coordinated-response-to-china-north-koreas-aggression-5475874\">US,\u2062 Japan, South Korea Deepen Security Ties\u2063 at\u200d Historic Summit, Condemn China Aggression<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/18\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-japan-south-korea-vow-coordinated-response-to-china-north-koreas-aggression-5475874\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/russia-to-equip-new-nuclear-submarines-with-hypersonic-missiles-5463397\">Russia to Equip New Nuclear Submarines With Hypersonic Missiles<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/14\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/russia-to-equip-new-nuclear-submarines-with-hypersonic-missiles-5463397\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAfter the end of the Cold\u200d War, the\u2064 United States lost its competitors and devoted its\u200b efforts \u2063to the war on\u2064 terror against extremist \u200dreligious elements. The development of some \u2063strategic weapons was stalled or\u2064 slowed, including\u2064 hypersonic missiles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-japan-hypersonic-system-to-shield-against-beijing-threat-expert\/\" title=\"Expert: US-Japan Hypersonic System to Counter Beijing Threat\">high-performance missile defense\u2064 systems<\/a>,\u201d \u2064Tony Xia, a military expert and commentator, told The Epoch\u2064 Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] expanded its ambitions and rose to become the U.S.\u2019s top competitor, requiring the United States to recalibrate its military development strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2064anti-U.S. stance\u2064 of the CCP\u2063 and North Korea and \u200dthe development of nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic \u200bmissiles [ICBMs] exposed the U.S. homeland to weapons of \u200bmass\u2062 destruction\u200c for \u2064the first time since\u2062 the Cold War. Early defenses against the former\u200c Soviet Union\u2019s ICBMs are no longer capable of handling multiple \u200dwarheads with variable\u200c trajectory\u200d capabilities today, which is \u200dwhy the U.S. launched the \u200bNext Generation Interceptor [NGI] program in 2004.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of\u2064 the NGI\u2019s performance\u200c and usage are similar \u200dto the U.S. Army\u2019s existing Ground-Based Interceptor\u2063 and Ground-Based Midcourse Defense systems, according to Mr. Xia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200ddifference\u200c is that it incorporates a new generation of sensors and flight control technology, \u2063which gives \u2064it the ability to intercept any of its adversary\u2019s multi-warhead hypersonic missiles with a much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-five-worst-weight-loss-mistakes-bodybuilders-make\/\" title=\"The Five Worst Weight Loss Mistakes Bodybuilders Make\">higher success rate<\/a>. It\u2062 can destroy multiple warheads of \u2062multiple incoming missiles at\u2062 one time,\u200b which is difficult to do\u200b with previous defense systems,\u200c and\u2064 it is even\u2063 regarded as a \u2018never-fail\u2019 defense system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Does Japan\u2019s Involvement\u2064 Mean? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Xia, who has spent more than 10 years in the military, believes that the U.S.-Japan cooperation this time\u2064 further highlights regional defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue \u200cto Japan\u2019s\u200d close proximity to China and North Korea, if Japan can deploy NGI in the \u200cfuture, it will be able to detect\u2064 and intercept enemy missiles at the earliest stage\u2064 of launch, which \u200dwill further increase the success rate of interception and\u200c put more pressure on the adversary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is equivalent to removing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">nuclear threat<\/a> of the CCP \u200band\u2063 North\u2063 Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>A Philippine Coast Guard rigid \u2062hull\u2062 inflatable boat passes by the Japanese\u2063 Coast Guard Akitsushima (PLH-32) during a trilateral Coast Guard drill \u2064of the U.S., Japan, and Philippines, near the waters \u2064of the disputed South China \u200dSee in Bataan province, Philippines, on June 6, 2023. (Aaron Favila\/AP \u200dPhoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the second time that the\u200c United\u200c States\u200d and Japan have jointly developed\u2063 an \u200binterceptor missile after \u2063the improved\u200c SM3 Block 2AII.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2020,\u200b the U.S. destroyer test-fired\u200c an SM-3 Block\u2063 IIA\u200c missile, successfully destroying an\u200b experimental intercontinental \u2064ballistic missile. The event, designated Flight\u2064 Test Aegis Weapon System-44 (FTM-44),\u200b was a successful test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer using an SM-3 Block IIA \u200dmissile.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Is the Aegis BMD System?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The \u200bAegis\u200d BMD System is the naval component of\u200c the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">missile defense system<\/a>.\u200d Aegis-equipped ships \u200breceive tracking data through the Command Control Battle Management\u200b Communications (C2BMC) network system,\u2062 construct fire control solutions, and then launch and\u200b direct SM-3 series missiles to destroy incoming targets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn essence, it is still a change in system integration, an upgrade on the basis of the original weapon system, and its significance lies in the extension of the\u2062 land-based weapon system to the \u200bsea,\u201d said Mr. Xia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet \u2062the NGI is a technological breakthrough, a revolution in sensor and control technology, and more lethal to\u2064 incoming ICBMs.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Trilateral Summit Targeting \u2064CCP Threat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Regarding\u2062 to Japanese media\u2019s opinion that \u2062the<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden, along with South Korean and Japanese leaders, strengthened security alliances and criticized the Chinese communist regime during a significant summit at Camp David. 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