WASHINGTON, Aug 20 U.S. Develops Anti-Hypersonic Weapons, First Deputy Secretary Says defense of the country Kathleen Hicks. «Without going into too much detail, I will only mention that we are investing, among other things, in the means of combating hypersonic weapons, because we want to be sure that we can protect ourselves from their use by other countries,» Hicks said during the conversation with journalists. The transcript of her speech was published by the Pentagon. According to the deputy head of the US defense department, the country is also working on creating its own hypersonic weapons. «I do believe that we can talk about promising progress on the US hypersonic programs,» Hicks said. The US official added that the US has a number of its own concepts on how to effectively use hypersonic weapons, and these ideas «are different from the views of the Russian Federation or China to this account.
