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.

Spoiler, we're not. The United States' war planning under Obama can be summarized as "gut the lot of it" and we did 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.