US Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Bill LaPlante said Washington will start producing hypersonic weapons within a year. He announced this at a briefing, according to reports Reuters.
“If you are wondering whether we have already started producing hypersonic weapons in our country, my answer is no,” he said.
Former White House spokesman John Kirby statedThat the United States is not lagging behind in supplying arms to Ukraine.
The reporter pointed out that Ukraine had to wait a month for tanks, but F-16 fighter jets were never delivered to this country.
He added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were provided with everything their command wanted to carry out a counter-offensive.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, in an interview with the American television channel CNN, expressed confidence that Kiev will soon receive American-made ATACMS missiles.
In the same interview, the politician stated that he could not say with certainty what successes the Armed Forces of Ukraine would achieve during the counteroffensive.
Previously in NATO in the name The condition for the transfer of F-16 to Ukraine.