{"id":9709,"date":"2018-04-18T00:13:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T00:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/18\/stratcom-head-dont-doubt-russias-drive-to-develop-invincible-hypersonic-missile\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:28:10","slug":"stratcom-head-dont-doubt-russias-drive-to-develop-invincible-hypersonic-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/sensors\/2018\/04\/18\/stratcom-head-dont-doubt-russias-drive-to-develop-invincible-hypersonic-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"STRATCOM head: Don\u2019t doubt Russia\u2019s drive to develop \u2018invincible\u2019 hypersonic missile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014 The head of U.S. Strategic Command would not say whether the United States has seen evidence of Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nuclear-triad\/2018\/03\/01\/coersive-tactics-putin-touts-russias-invincible-nuclear-weapons\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cinvincible\u201d hypersonic missile<\/a>, but the U.S. military has observed both Russia and China operating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/03\/02\/as-putin-touts-hypersonic-weapons-america-prepares-its-own-arsenal-will-it-be-in-time\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">hypersonic missiles<\/a> of varied capabilities, he confirmed Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI won\u2019t give you any specifics about the means we use to watch that. I won\u2019t give you any of the technical specifics about the capabilities of those missiles,\u201d Gen. John Hyten told reporters at the Space Symposium. \u201cBut I can tell you that we have observed both Russia and China testing hypersonic capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hyten\u2019s comments come after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in March that Russia had successfully tested a new \u201cinvincible\u201d hypersonic missile that could travel at speeds in excess of Mach 10 \u2014 twice the Mach 5 speed that qualifies an air vehicle as hypersonic \u2014 and with a range of more than 2,000 kilometers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile, which will be able to be equipped with both a nuclear and conventional warhead, can \u201covercome all existing and, I think, prospective anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense systems,\u201d Putin said then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether that missile is in its developmental stages or actually undergoing operational tests, Hyten wouldn\u2019t say. But it was obvious he took Putin\u2019s claims very seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou should believe Vladimir Putin about everything he said he\u2019s working on,\u201d Hyten said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, the operational status of a lot of those capabilities\u2026that\u2019s a different issue. But everything that he\u2019s said, I know that Russia\u2019s working on, and we watch them very closely. We also listen to what they say very closely, and none of what he did and none of what he said surprised me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hyten wants the United States to move more aggressively on hypersonics, particularly on conventional weapons that could be of special use in the Asia-Pacific theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are certain areas where I think we have advantages on Russia and China in hypersonics,\u201d he said. \u201cBut what they\u2019ve done, what is significant, is they\u2019ve done full-up integrated testing of those capabilities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the United States has conducted its own tests of hypersonic weapons in past years, \u201cthey weren\u2019t fully successful,\u201d so the military stopped development and regrouped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom my perspective, I would have just liked to have learned from that mistake and moved on,\u201d Hyten said, but he is hopeful the Defense Department will be moving at full clip going forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After years of sluggish investment, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/reagan-defense-forum\/2017\/12\/03\/pentagon-working-on-new-modernization-strategy-for-technology-investments\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">turning up the funding stream<\/a>, jumping from $85.5 million in fiscal year 2017 to $108.6 million in FY18 for hypersonic development. The FY19 budget includes a request for $256.7 million \u2014 a 136 percent increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the reason for Hyten\u2019s confidence is the naming of Mike Griffin, formerly the NASA administrator, for the post of undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the program is not aggressive right now, a year from now, it\u2019s going to be aggressive, because Mike Griffin has had [Defense] Secretary [Jim] Mattis look him in the face and say we really need to go on hypersonics, and that\u2019s really all Mike Griffin needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But developing hypersonic weapons will only help the United States in solving one part of the problem. The other is ensuring that U.S. missile defense systems will be able to counter an attack by a hypersonic missile \u2014 something that is in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration\u2019s upcoming missile defense review, which is going through the final stages of approval within the Defense Department and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/04\/06\/missile-defense-review-expected-in-may\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">slated for release in May<\/a>, could address those future challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMissile defense right now is focused on North Korea. Missile defense is not focused on Russia and China and hasn\u2019t been focused on Russia and China,\u201d Hyten said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe missile defense capabilities that we have in Alaska, in California, they can deal with the North Korean threat,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat I\u2019m worried about is not today, though. I\u2019m worried about five years from now and 10 years from now. Can we move into the direction we need to deal with any threat of the future?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou should believe Vladimir Putin about everything he said he\u2019s working on,\u201d said Gen. 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