Michael White, assistant director of hypersonic research and development at the Pentagon, said the United States is not in an arms race with anyone. TASS.
“The United States is not involved in an arms race. Hypersonic percussion systems [США] It is necessary to maintain deterrence,” White said at a hearing before the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
White noted that the US enemies developed and created a “serious competitive environment” by challenging the US dominance “in space, land, air and water”.
According to him, the main task of developing the hypersonic weapons capability of the USA is to contain the risks of these systems.
Former Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov declarationThat the United States and its allies are trying to devalue agreements to prevent an arms race in space and do what they want.