Spoiler, we're not. The United States' war planning under Obama can be summarized as "gut the lot of it" and we didn't seriously pursue hypersonic missile technology. Not using it or defeating it.
I blame the Air Force. They're a bunch of attention hogs and the idea of fire support that isn't airplanes is something they've rallied against for decades.
The Russian ones are top of class but even the shitty Iranian copies can crack a carrier in half and there isn't much we can do about it.
If they're half as good as the dagger missiles the Russians have it will hit. Those things are monstrous. About twelve seconds time from detection to impact, they generate a plasma sheathe, they have active chaff and they dance in the air like a mosquito.
No existing military technology that we have can defeat it.
Spoiler, we're not. The United States' war planning under Obama can be summarized as "gut the lot of it" and we didn't seriously pursue hypersonic missile technology. Not using it or defeating it.
I blame the Air Force. They're a bunch of attention hogs and the idea of fire support that isn't airplanes is something they've rallied against for decades.
The Russian ones are top of class but even the shitty Iranian copies can crack a carrier in half and there isn't much we can do about it.
They are definitely powerful enough to sink the carrier, but for our sakes I hope they won't hit it.
If they're half as good as the dagger missiles the Russians have it will hit. Those things are monstrous. About twelve seconds time from detection to impact, they generate a plasma sheathe, they have active chaff and they dance in the air like a mosquito.
No existing military technology that we have can defeat it.