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The Navy develops high-energy DEW (Directed Energy Weapons) against hypersonic weapons.

A concept of directed energy weapon (Image: Lockheed Martin) (EurasianTimes.com/Defenseless Against Hypersonic Missiles, US Navy Turns To ‘Faster & Lethal’ DEWs To Battle China, Russia – Top Admiral)

Hypersonic missiles are hard targets but "easy to destroy". If the air-defense weapons can track and aim bullets or missiles against hypersonic missiles they can destroy them. But the problem is that counter-weapons must hit to target. And the low-flying hypersonic weapon will not let a long time for reacting. 

Hypersonic weapons have the same thing as all other missiles and airplanes. That thing is that they are easy to destroy if the ammunition hits to target. There are developed weapon systems that can shoot over a million small-caliber ammunition against the target. The problem is that those CIWS systems (Close-in Weapon systems) are using lots of ammunition. 

And the ship needs an ammo ship for refilling its ammunition storage quite often. There are also missile-based systems that are shooting multiple missiles against incoming targets. But those systems are expensive, they are slow to reload. And the hypersonic warhead can be stealthy. They hit targets before their sound will reach them. And the radar echo from those targets is extremely weak. 

The things like DEW (Direct Energy Weapons) is that they don't need ammunition. The laser systems can also use as Lidar. So that kind of system can see incoming warheads sooner than regular radars. There are developed anti-stealth systems that detect the visual image of the attacking systems. Also, infrared imaging systems are making it possible that the detector sees incoming hypersonic missiles. 

Detection of hypersonic missiles is based on the use of satellites. Or some other high-flying platforms like GlobalHawk or some solar-power aircraft. One of those systems could be the blimp which orbits the naval unit near the edge of the atmosphere. 

Those high-flying platforms should detect the rocket booster or the air channel or turbulence that the hypersonic weapon leaves after it. Then that system sends the information about that launch to predicted target areas.  The problem is that the satellites and other platforms are good targets for the ASAT systems that can aim and destroy high-flying aircraft,  blimps, and satellites. 

Image 2:) "China’s Type 072III-class landing ship Haiyang Shan is outfitted with a large weapon identified by some analysts as a railgun. (via Twitter)" (EurasianTimes.com/China Tests ‘Hypersonic Bullets’ On Live Target; Can Travel At 4000M Per Second & Hit The Opponent From Miles Away)

One type of hypersonic weapon is a hard target even for laser systems. Those hypersonic weapons are rifle-caliber hypersonic weapons. Those systems can shoot even millions of bullets against their targets. The speed of each bullet can be over Mach 6. 

China is testing a new hypersonic weapon. The hypersonic bullet travels with a speed that over 4000 meters per second. The hypersonic bullet is a new type of weapon that can destroy tanks and armored vehicles. The hypersonic bullet is the thing that makes personal armor like bullet-proof vests useless. The hypersonic bullets are the thing that is making the Scifi-superweapons true. 

Navies are testing railguns that are using hypersonic bullets. Those hypersonic bullets are meant to destroy incoming missiles. But they can also use rail guns to sweep the beach and make a road for landing troops. Those railguns can also use as "super-sniper" systems. But the military industries are developed handguns whose muzzle velocity is over 2000 m/s (Roughly Mach 6). 

These kinds of weapons are a new type of solution for the military. Lightweight, man-portable hypersonic rifles that are using intelligent aiming technology can be used in both, offensive and defensive roles. Theoretically, hypersonic handguns can use to replace multiple lightweight anti-aircraft systems. 

https://eurasiantimes.com/china-may-gain-another-edge-over-its-adversaries-as-its-testing-hypersonic-bullets/

https://eurasiantimes.com/defenseless-against-hypersonic-missiles-us-navy-turns/

Image:) https://eurasiantimes.com/defenseless-against-hypersonic-missiles-us-navy-turns/

Image 2:)https://eurasiantimes.com/china-may-gain-another-edge-over-its-adversaries-as-its-testing-hypersonic-bullets/

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GPS is the key to next-generation military systems.

Above 1: The Vampire system

Many people think that most armored vehicles are main battle tanks (MBTs) like M-1 Abrams and "Leopard". Most of the armored vehicles are not MBTs. They are cheaper and lighter vehicles like Russian BTR-60 and "Movag Piranha", is one of the armored and weaponized cars. The thing is that things like "Javelin" and heavier "Spike" missiles are making even jeeps dangerous to at least some MBTs until there is a new invention that protects the MBT against the incoming missiles. 

Weapon development is the race between improved warheads and improved armor. If the MBT is modern it should do its mission. But if that tank is not modern and equipped with modern offensive and defensive systems it's a death trap. The thing in old-fashion technology is that is working. But if the opponents are using things like GPS-guided ammunition and recon drones with AI-based aiming and launching technologies the old-fashion systems with dummy grenades have no chance against that kind of system. 

The GPS can make any projectile and weapon system more lethal than ever before. Things like rifle grenades and even single bullets can have GPS guidance systems. The GPS can point to the person's location and when the shooter shoots the rifle grenade that GPS detonates the grenade at the perfect point above the target. 

Above 2: M982 Excalibur GPS-guided ammunition.

The smart computer-controlled sniper systems can use GPS for aiming the rifle in the right position. When a drone or something else locates the target the image in intelligent scope will position the mark at the right point and the bullet can fly precisely in the right trajectory. 

This kind of aiming- and launching system can be put in the body of that weapon. The computer will calculate the needed angle and things like sidewinding can be input to that launching system from the weather station. The same system can install into the old-fashion cannons. But also single rifle bullets can equip with control wings and a GPS. 

The VAMPIRE system can transfer any pickup to a small missile carrier. That kind of system is a good example of a new type of modular weapon kit that can install on any device. The Vampire system can be dangerous at least to lightweight infantry fighting vehicles like APC and IFV (Armored Personel Carriers/Infantry fighting vehicles) and trucks. This kind of system can also use for commando actions and they can install in manned or unmanned vehicles like robot cars. 

That kind of vehicle can operate by a remote team and it can slip near airfields and destroy the aircraft that is hanging at the airfield. But the new intelligent weapon systems are making the world more dangerous than ever. In the wrong hands, those systems are dangerous for national security. They can be used for strikes against things like fuel storage, armored cars, and electric conversation stations. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTR-60

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M982_Excalibur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowag_Piranha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_(missile)

Image 1: https://www.defensenews.com/newsletters/2022/08/25/vampire-to-transform-ukraine-pickups-into-deadly-missile-launchers/

Image 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M982_Excalibur 

A couple of words about Chinese flying submarine drones

Image 1) Chinese flying submarine concept. 

The idea of the flying submarine is not new. There made more or less theoretical plans for creating a submarine that can slip near its target, attack it, and fly away. Sometimes those systems are planned to use the ground-effect technology. And that thing could make those aircraft-submarine combinations fly at a low level.  

Above this text, you can see the Chinese model or artist's impression of that thing. The fact is that those drones are large-size. And they can carry also agents and special forces operators to the coastline. But those systems' main role might be to operate as the ship-killers. And against coastal targets. But there is the possibility that the Russian new nuclear-powered "Skyfall"-missiles might be planned to have similar abilities. 

The ability to patrol silently under the ocean surface. Until they get orders to attack. And then suddenly go airborne and attack against inland targets. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_aircraft_carrier

Another interesting thing about the underwater systems is the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that can operate underwater and which makes it undetectable. There have been many submarines before WWII that has things like floatplanes. And Japanese submarines had floatplanes on board to search targets for submarines. 

There is a possibility that some of those floatplanes could make torpedo attacks. But the nuclear-powered version would be a full-scale submarine aircraft carrier. 

Image 2:) Convair F2Y Sea Dart

The idea was to combine the aircraft carrier and submarine. The carrier would patrol silently underwater. And then suddenly come to the surface and start the aircraft operations. The design was from the 1950s and that thing was too technical for that time's technical level. Things like VTOL aircraft removed the need to develop that kind of system. But it remains an example of a weird but innovative design. 

Image 3:)  Project Pluto

There was a more conventional version of the "undercover aircraft carrier". The idea was that the submarine has a long incline or hangar above its roof. And then the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart jetfighter could launch from that hangar.  The "Sea Dart" used water skis for take-off and landing. The idea was to use that aircraft against Soviet bombers. Maybe, there were plans that the similar skis that were installed under the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart will install under the body of the nuclear-powered cruise missile called "Project Pluto". 

But modern submarines can operate by using multi-use drones. The small-size drones can make attack and patrol missions on the coastline and open seas. Those drones can use hydrogen as fuel and they can make similar missions to regular drones. 

https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/xf2y-1yf2y-1-sea-dart-a-jet-fighter-on-water-skis/

https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/project-pluto-nuclear-ramjet-engines/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_aircraft_carrier

Image 1: ) https://eurasiantimes.com/flying-submarines-china-testing-sub-drones/

Image 2:) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart

Image 3:) https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/project-pluto-nuclear-ramjet-engines/

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Genetic research solved 30 years old mystery. Nerve-agent sarin caused The " Gulf-war illness".

New genetic research uncovered that the depleted uranium ammunitions didn't cause the famous "Gulf war illness". The reason for those symptoms was in nerve agent sarin (1). Sarin or GB is one of the deadliest chemicals in the world. And it has a deadly effect, even if the person wears protective suits.  

Organophosphates like VX, sarin, soman, and tabun cause death by skin contact. Also, even if the person has the counter-chemicals or antidotes to sarin like atropine, Biperiden, and pralidoxime. (2).

 The chemical database says: "The lethal dose for man is estimated to be 0.01 mg/kg". (3). even if the dose is not deadly, can sarin cause permanent nerve damage. (4) 

The sarin and other G-agents remain on the surface layers like weapons and other equipment. Those chemical weapons can cause ADHD-like symptoms. 

So operators must remove nerve agents from the surfaces in the poisoned area very carefully because even a low dose of those chemicals can cause symptoms. The effect of the nerve agent is simple. It denies the work of one enzyme that destroys neurotransmitters after its work. That thing causes the spasm. But if the dose is lower than deadly that thing causes sweat and restless behavior. 

And operators must wash carefully, especially things like protective glasses and buttons of the clothes. Sarin is the first known nerve agent. Nazi Germany's scientists produced that chemical agent in the 1930s. 

Sarin is less poisonous than the VX. And it's easier to produce and control than VX. So chemical is more suitable for the use of low-tech military than some VX or other more poisonous chemicals. 

Today there is planned to use biological sensors for uncovering the use of chemical weapons. Those sensors are basing the cloned neurons. And the system watches if the enzyme that destroys neurotransmitters after its use will not work. This system can make that thing by observing the actions of the cloned muscle cells. 

(1) https://scitechdaily.com/after-30-years-genetic-study-confirms-sarin-nerve-gas-as-cause-of-gulf-war-illness/

(2) https://www.thoughtco.com/how-sarin-gas-works-609278

(3) https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/sarin#section=Analytic-Laboratory-Methods

(4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin

https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/sarin/basics/facts.asp

Image:) https://scitechdaily.com/after-30-years-genetic-study-confirms-sarin-nerve-gas-as-cause-of-gulf-war-illness/

The new hypersonic missiles will install into the Zumwalt-class destroyer USS Michael Monsoor.

USS Zumwalt

All three Zumwalt-class destroyers are getting new and powerful hypersonic missiles.  Those missiles have a speed of Mach 5+. And they have a very long range, says the article in the Eurasian Times. The installation of those new hypersonic missiles means that the advanced 155mm. gun turrets are removed and replaced by hypersonic missile tubes. The details about that modification are in the article below this text. 

The world is waiting for new lightweight and portable super- and hypersonic systems. Military forces can install those hypersonic systems in vehicles like main battle tanks. Or they can even be man-portable. 

The new hypersonic systems can shoot dummy or intelligent ammunition. And they are the most powerful systems in the world. 

Hypersonic systems are not always missiles. They might be things like rail guns. And maybe the next stage in hypersonic weapons is the guided hypersonic ammunition for artillery. Railguns can accelerate artillery grenades to very high speed. And maybe, somebody already tests the scramjet-driven grenades or artillery shells that speed is over Mach 5. 

The railgun technology makes it possible to create a small-caliber, fast-sooting gun that can use against airborne and surface targets. The thing is that the railgun technology makes a standard iron-hearted .50 caliber bullet devastating if its speed rises over Mach 6. The same system can shoot guided ammunition like "intelligent bullets" to the targets. And the railgun systems can shoot even individual persons from extremely long ranges. 

These kinds of systems are the next-generation tools for the military. The railguns can accelerate even regular rifle bullets to a speed that is many times higher than Mach 1. The speed of famous GAU-8 "Avenger" ammunition is Mach 1,5. So if the speed of the bullet is Mach 3- or higher. That thing makes also rifle-caliber guns powerful against at least light armor. 

Nanotechnology, along with new and powerful power sources makes it possible to create lightweight and powerful magnetic systems. Those magnetic accelerators can install also to the silencers of regular rifles. And that thing increases the speed of the bullet very high. If that kind of bullet has a uranium core, that thing gives it the ability to destroy almost all kinds of targets. 

https://www.defensenews.com/miltech/2022/08/11/boeing-nammo-test-ramjet-155-artillery-weapon/

https://eurasiantimes.com/us-navy-hypersonic-missiles-three-zumwalt-destroyers/

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/12/hii-set-to-install-first-hypersonic-missiles-on-uss-zumwalt-uss-michael-monsoor-during-repair-period

Image:) https://eurasiantimes.com/us-navy-hypersonic-missiles-three-zumwalt-destroyers/

In the future, robots can call the emergency center when they need computer assistance, like new programs.

Even if spontaneously learning a computer or algorithm is hard to make it's possible, that in the central computer is the library of the computer codes made for different situations. The man-size robots have limited computer capacity. So for making databases and computer code lighter the robot can "forget" the unnecessary code. 

That means the computer deletes the databases after they are used. And then the robot can load the new algorithms into its memory. The ability to change code in the computer makes algorithms less complicated. And robots are more flexible when they can change the components of their program. 

There is an image, where the robot is using the computer. The technology where the programmer can program robots by sending the program code from the computer screens already exists. The system uses a camera or robot's eyes for reading programming code to the computer's memory. When artificial intelligence detects programming code it resends it to a programming tool. 

The new fast-learning algorithms are fascinating tools. A similar algorithm that is used to translate texts from digital images, can be used for programming robots and computers. There is the possibility that the system reads computer program code to a programming tool similar way texts are read to the translation program. So maybe in the future the robot can sit next to the human worker and read the code lines from the computer screen. 

Human size and human-form robots would be the most flexible tools than anything before. The human-looking robots can operate by using the same tools as humans. And the human-looking robot can turn any aircraft or tank in the world into a drone. But the problem is that those systems still have limited computing capacity. The complicated algorithms make it possible that the system can make many things. But what if the robot can ask for help by using regular mobile telephones or interacting with security cameras? 

In the last case, the robot can send a message to the surveillance camera, and then the system can send new instructions to it from the information screen. And in the first case, the robot can simply use the cell phone for asking new computer codes in the form of text messages. The fact is that the new programming code can send to the robot even in the form of a paper letter if the system uses the camera-based reading systems. A similar system makes it possible. That the translation application can read texts from digital images. 

And the computers can send programming code also to programming tools. There is also possible to create a translation program that translates the normally written orders into the form of programming languages. The system can also use speech through the speech-to-text application. And when the operator orders the robot to walk this message will be translated into the regular programming language. 

These kinds of abilities are making robots more powerful and flexible. The ability to send code lines to the robot in the form of text messages makes it possible that robots can operate almost without trouble in areas where internet connections are bad. 

There is the possibility that the robots of tomorrow can use similar mobile applications to a normal person. And if the robot will get in trouble it can send the text message to the central computer that sends the program code to it in the text message. This kind of system makes it possible that robots can interact with controlling systems in many ways. When robots are in trouble they can simply send a message about the situation in the form of laser rays to surveillance cameras. 

And then the local information screen can flash the needed program code to the robot. Those flashes can maintain less than half a second. And then the robot will resend the code to the system for making sure that is the right thing. Maybe that emergency center for robots is real in the world of the future. 

Making this kind of system effective requires the central computer must, of course, to know the mission. So when the master of the robot is giving orders about what the robot should do that person must just make a phone call to the computer center and say what the robot must do. 

Image:) https://www.dotmagazine.online/issues/ai-intelligence-in-the-digital-age/ai-changing-the-game-for-good/ai-for-network-infrastructure

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The BrahMos-2 missile requires some Russian parts.

"Artist's impression of a hypersonic missile launched from an Indian Navy destroyer. The missile would have a launch booster to get it up to the speed where the scramjet can take over". (Forbes.com/India Goes Hypersonic: New Missile Technology May Be Answer To China’s Navy)

Indian new hypersonic BrahMos missile uses similar components to the Zircon missile. BrahMos can reach a speed of Mach 9. The reason why there is a race for hypersonic missiles is that they are flying lower than regular ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles) -missiles. But those hypersonic missiles are flying higher than regular aircraft. And that makes them hard targets for air defense.

There are two types of hypersonic missiles. Regular rockets that are using gliders. And the systems that are using scramjet engines. The fact is that those systems can be hit by using smooth trajectories. They can have nuclear or conventional warheads. But also the kinetic energy of the missile that flies speed of Mach 9 is enough for causing vital damage to even large targets. 

But there is the possibility that the hypersonic missiles are connected to ICBM. That means when the missile returns to the atmosphere the hypersonic scramjet-driven missile can start its engine. And that makes this missile more able to reach its target than regular cruise missiles. 

Those missiles are using high altitudes because their control levels are facing very high temperature and pressure stress. And thin air gives lower friction and helps to keep the temperature lower. There is also the possibility that a scramjet-driven carrier vehicle will make the ballistic jump out from the atmosphere and release the cargo or small shuttle to the orbiter. That shuttle will release at the maximum altitude, where it starts its rocket engines. 

The aerodynamic hypersonic technology is quite a new thing. That means there are some problems to change the course of those missiles. But the development work continues. And the first of those weapons are already entered into service. 

When we are thinking that Russians are delivering technology, that makes BrahMos possible we must ask what India gave to Russians. In the article below this text is mentioned that BrahMos-2 uses similar components to Zircon. But which part is made by Indians and which part is made by Russians is not mentioned straight. But there is a possibility, that the Russians made vital scramjet components for that missile. Without that component, hypersonic flight is not possible. 

The published data about BrahMos tells that it developed along with Zircon. Those missiles both use scramjet engines. And they can attack targets that are quite far away. The scramjet-driven missiles are pathfinders for the use of that technology. 

The developers can use the information that BrahMos and Zircon along with many other missiles and missile projects give in higher-scale projects like manned hypersonic aircraft and hypersonic drones. Those systems are more multi-use than some missiles. And they can be more deadly than people can even think.  But making reusable hypersonic aircraft is more difficult than people expect. The temperature and pressure stress causes damage to the body and control levels of the aircraft. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/09/08/india-goes-hypersonic-new-missile-technology-may-be-answer-to-chinas-navy/?sh=4be6074cd937

https://idrw.org/why-does-india-need-russian-zircon-tech-for-brahmos-2/

Image:) https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/09/08/india-goes-hypersonic-new-missile-technology-may-be-answer-to-chinas-navy/?sh=4be6074cd937

Can the Ukrainian war escalate?

Image:) Taiwanese F-16 fighters. 

There is always the possibility that the war starts to spread. In the same way, the Ukrainian war can escalate. And that is one of the biggest problems with NATO. Otherwise, NATO could abstain from giving more weapons to Ukraine. But that thing is the mark for Russia that it can make everything that it wants. 

Those signals are always dangerous because the next place where Russian leaders read history could be the Baltic sea. The historic reasons or the history that Russia someday owned some areas justifies that Russia can send troops to that land area and take it under its control. If we are thinking about history same way Germany can insist on the Kaliningrad or Königsberg area from Russia because that area once belonged to Germany. 

But I think that Putin might answer that the Kaliningrad area is not on the discussion list. And that means the only nation that has the right to insist on some areas using historical arguments is Russia. And if we will stop to deliver weapons to Ukraine, that means that we show the green light to Putin that he can make everything that he wants. 

The Ukrainian conflict can also escalate to Asia. 

The Ukrainian situation can escalate to another side of the World. Chinese can seize the opportunity when the world is watching Europe and make aggression against Taiwan. China thinks that Taiwan is part of itself. Chinese shot missiles at the Japanese territorial water and made provocative military exercises in the strait between Taiwan and China. 

China also sends over 20 jet fighters to training missions against Taiwan. And Taiwan sends F-16 Viper jetfighters that are equipped with Harpoon missiles airborne. Taiwan claims that the Chinese exercises are simulated military action against Taiwan. And the thing is that China trusts its modernized military forces. There is always the threat that China thinks that the world is not interested in what it does. And then it can attack Taiwan or some other country. 

China increased its territorial water in the South-China Sea by using artificial islands. And when some actor in the conflict holds nuclear weapons. The existence of nuclear weapons means that the owner of those weapons can use them in conflicts. China trusts its new hypersonic missiles. And new jetfighters along with new strategic bombers. They increased PLAs (People's Liberation Army) strike capacity. 

It trusts their pinpoint accuracy and their ability to knock out the US carriers. China wants to get more voice in the global environment. And that's why it is turning more aggressive. The global environment and the turn of media focus to Ukraine caused China could build new strategies. 

Image:) https://eurasiantimes.com/taiwans-fully-loaded-f-16-vipers-armed-with-deadly-harpoon/

The new hypersonic missile variants concern the USA and NATO.

Russia is taking new 3M22 Zircon missiles in service. Zircon is an air-breathing scramjet or ramjet propeller missile. The speed range of the missile is Mach 5 to Mach 9. And maybe the Mach 9 model uses scramjet. And Mach 5 model uses ramjet. Wikipedia says that the Zircon uses scramjet, so there may be two models of that missile other is reserved only for the Russian fleet. And another is the export model. 

Russia has another hypersonic weapon already in service. That is an air-launched Kh-47M2 Kinzhal which uses a conventional rocket engine. 

The speed of the Kinzhal missile is Mach 10 to Mach 12. But its flight range is more limited. The dropping aircraft is normally a TU-22B or MiG-31 that takes the missile near to its target. And then it can launch that missile.And the system uses regular rocket engines. 

China has two long-range hypersonic missiles in service. DF-21D and DF-26B. Those weapons are meant to destroy the US fleet of aircraft carriers.  DF-21D is an anti-ship ballistic missile. And the DF-26B is an anti-ship variant of the DF-26A missile. 

DF-17 is a ballistic missile with a hypersonic glider. There is the possibility that the DF-17 glider is installed in the DF-21 and DF-26 missiles. There is also claiming that the Zircon is a copy of the DF-17 missile. But Russians say that Zircon uses scramjet engines and is more advanced than any of those weapons before. 

So those Chinese missiles are ballistic missiles that can launch from far away in the drylands. Those weapons are more conventional IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles) with precision-guided warheads than some hypersonic cruise missiles. 

There are visions that the scramjet-driven cruise missile can be shoot to ballistic trajectory by using conventional rockets. The rocket takes that cruise missile out of the atmosphere. And then the cruise missile falls back into the atmosphere. When the cruise missile's speed increases enough high. The scramjet engine can start. 

The hypersonic cruise missile can fly at a very high speed at a high altitude. The operational altitude of the hypersonic scramjet-driven missile is higher than a regular cruise missile. But it is lower than ICBM missiles. 

That makes defense against those hypersonic weapons difficult. The altitude where hypersonic missiles are flying is very high. That denies overheating of the body of the missile. The missile's speed must be high enough that the scramjet engine can get enough oxygen. 

There are tested laser weapons against those hypersonic cruise systems. Hypersonic cruise missiles that use stealth technology are hard to detect. If the defender can calculate the trajectory of the incoming hypersonic cruise missile there is possible to aim counter-actions against those missiles. The hypersonic missile can have a microwave transmitter in its nose. That transmitter or microwave weapon gets its energy from a rapid air generator. 

That system makes defense against hypersonic weapons more difficult. The microwaves are giving EMP impulses to the target. And those impulses can also destroy or damage the incoming surface-to-air missiles that shot against the track of the hypersonic missile. 

The new 6th. generation jet fighters can also have the ability to shoot down hypersonic missiles. Those jet fighters might also have the ability to fly with hypersonic speed and shoot down hypersonic targets by using some traditional weapon or laser weapon. So the ultimate weapon will face the counter weapon. And then some new solution makes that counter weapon useless. 

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/08/hypersonic-weapons-meet-speed-of-light-defenses/

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/08/df-26b-how-china-could-sink-a-navy-aircraft-carrier-for-2000-miles-away/

https://www.uawire.org/media-russian-hypersonic-missile-zircon-is-just-a-smaller-replica-of-chinese-dongfeng-17

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DF-17

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DF-21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DF-26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M22_Zircon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-47M2_Kinzhal

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