The Pentagon recognized the new Russian weapons are a threat to its nuclear triad
The United States must maintain nuclear deterrent And to modernize the triad of the face of the latest Russian weapons, such as hypersonic missiles " avant-garde ", said on Thursday Deputy head of the Pentagon's procurement And technical support Alan Shaffer.
the assurances Shaffer, China And Russia are such developments, despite the fact that have an Arsenal of Intercontinental ballistic missiles required for solving problems of deterrence.
"China And Russia put fresh weapons in space, nuclear deterrence in the strategic space. They will challenge us. We must be prepared to defend themselves against these weapons, And We must be ready to propose a system of retaliation, " - said the Deputy head of the Pentagon.
according to his statement, the lack of effective ways of protection of hypersonic weapons, the nuclear Arsenal plays a big role.
"Nuclear deterrence has proved very effective in keeping us from unleashing large-scale conflict. And I insist that We must retain a nuclear deterrent capability in the future, " finished Shaffer.
before this week, the head of the United States Donald trump Savio that the lack of agreements on arms control With Russia And China, Washington will create a "most powerful" nuclear power in the world.
in June last year, the head of trump announced the intention to modernize nuclear weapons And to make a fresh. These tasks are assumed to implement in the next ten years.
in his own address to Fedarene leader 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 the missile complex " 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.
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