Acting head of the U.S. Navy Thomas Model compared the lag of Russia in the field of hypersonic weapons With the Soviet Union launched the first artificial Earth satellite in 1957. About this he said in a note to staff, told Breaking defense. "In hindsight, we realize that major technological breakthroughs such as the development of hypersonic weapons, are able to destabilize the situation in the sphere of global security and become a serious threat to our country," said Monti. the President said that the United States ought to mobilize all resources to use the potential of this type of weapons to the max in the future. "When the story Is about hypersonic weapons, we have to declare overall team" Full forward, " he said. at the end of January, told US about the start of development of interception of hypersonic weapons. Before Washington also doubled the funding for these developments to reduce the backlog from Russia and China. in his own address to Fedarene Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018 told about new types of strategic weapons, as well as among them on hypersonic systems " Dagger ", " avanhard ", "Burevestnik" combat laser " Peresvet ", as well as an underwater drone With a nuclear power plant " Poseidon." Some of them have already put into service. From December 2019 to intercede on combat duty laser systems Peresvet, expanding airfields for aircraft carriers hypersonic missiles " Dagger ", began mass production of missile systems " vanguard ", which was put on combat duty in the Orenburg region. Is developing a new heavy Intercontinental ballistic missile " Sarmat ", flight test which, as stated, need to start in 2020. <span style="color:darkgray