The Pentagon issued an announcement on June 28, announcing that the hypersonic missile used by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army has achieved "end-to-end" full testing. At present, the United States is developing a number of hypersonic missiles, in addition to the models of the United States Navy and the United States Army, the United States Air Force also has corresponding products, and Australia and the United States are also jointly developing air-launched hypersonic missiles. In fact, the hypersonic missile used by the US Navy and the US Army is the "Dark Eagle" hypersonic missile project that has been repeatedly postponed for testing, and with the success of the "end-to-end" test, the US Navy and the US Army can already "raise their eyebrows", because the United States has been trying to pull back a game by equipping it with hypersonic missiles.
The United States originally carried out research on hypersonic missile technology for a long time, but the United States did not conduct in-depth research, and it was not until China and Russia realized the equipping of hypersonic missiles that the United States realized the seriousness of the problem, and for this reason a number of hypersonic missiles were developed. In addition to the "Dark Eagle", the US Air Force has repeatedly conducted tests of the AGM-183A hypersonic missile, the most recent of which was over the Pacific Ocean, using the B-52H strategic bomber for projection, so it has been quite a call for China, in fact, the US Navy and the US Army hypersonic missile tests were also conducted in the Pacific Ocean, highlighting the hostile position of the United States towards China.
The U.S. Navy is already working on the project of promoting hypersonic missiles on ships, using the platform Zumwalt-class missile destroyers, the U.S. Navy has ordered three missile destroyers of this type, because the original "advanced artillery system" is useless, so the U.S. Navy decided to dismantle the artillery, so that it can accommodate hypersonic missiles, so as to enhance the U.S. Navy's comprehensive long-range strike capability. The hypersonic missiles used by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army are defined as "conventional strikes" and therefore do not have the ability to carry nuclear warheads, thus fulfilling daily combat cruise and deterrence missions.
When the United States develops hypersonic missiles, it has considered general-purpose equipment, and by transplanting land-based hypersonic missiles to destroyers, it can effectively save research and development funds. In fact, the United States has also transplanted sea-based missiles to land-based uses, and the medium-range missiles currently equipped by the US Pacific Army are models from the US Navy, including Tomahawk cruise missiles and Standard 6 multi-purpose missiles. The US Army has recently deployed land-based medium-range missiles in the Philippines, and the Beacon Front Station believes that this is a strategy aimed directly at China, and when the United States is actively suppressing China, the Pentagon no longer installs it, and wants to put pressure on China through the forward deployment of medium-range missiles.
The U.S. Pacific Army has publicly warned that while deploying medium-range missiles, it will also deploy land-based hypersonic missiles, so the Pentagon has hyped up the completion of the test of a general-purpose hypersonic missile, which is quite a rhythm to publicly show its sword. Just after the Pentagon announced the "end-to-end" test of the hypersonic missile, the PLA has publicly shown photos of the H-6K bomber carrying hypersonic missiles. At a time when the United States is trying to explore hypersonic missiles, the PLA's hypersonic missiles have already achieved actual combat capabilities earlier, and at present, the PLA has multiple platforms that can carry hypersonic missiles, in addition to the H-6K, missile destroyers are also capable of projecting hypersonic missiles, and as early as 2019, the PLA had an open land-based version of the DF-17, so the PLA has long established a technological advantage.