US Has No Defense Against Hypersonic Weapons, Official Testifies
Assistant Secretary of War Mark Berkowitz tells Senate hearing current missile defense system only designed for small-scale North Korean attack
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- Assistant Secretary of War for Space Policy Mark Berkowitz testified before the US Senate Committee on Armed Services that the United States currently has no means to defend against hypersonic weapons or advanced cruise missiles.
- He described the existing ground-based homeland defense system as very limited and specifically designed against small-scale rogue attacks from North Korea.
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Warum es wichtig ist
The US is developing a next-generation missile defense system called 'Golden Dome' to address evolving threats. This hearing was part of the congressional oversight process for the new system.
WASHINGTON, April 28. /TASS/. The US military currently has no means to defend against hypersonic weapons or advanced cruise missiles, Assistant Secretary of War for Space Policy Mark Berkowitz said at a hearing of the US Senate Committee on Armed Services. During the hearing on the next-generation Golden Dome missile defense system under development in the United States, senators asked him to describe the country's current missile defense capabilities. "Today, we have a very limited ground-based single-layer homeland defense system that was specifically designed against a small-scale rogue attack from North Korea," he noted. "We have very limited capability against any other attack with ballistic missiles. We have no defense against hypersonic weapons or cruise missiles today, advanced cruise missiles," Berkowitz concluded.
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KI-Ausblick — Möglichkeiten, keine Fakten
Congress will hold additional hearings on Golden Dome funding and capabilities
Sehr wahrscheinlich · Innerhalb von Wochen
Other nations may cite US vulnerability in diplomatic or military posturing
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Offene Fragen
- What specific capabilities will Golden Dome have?
- How much will the system cost?
- When will it be operational?
- What other countries have hypersonic weapons capabilities?
