Amount country Superpower and advanced have been able to make hypersonic missiles as a mainstay weapon against the enemy. Even Russia, which has been able to make hypersonic missiles first, has used it in the war against Ukraine.
Besides Russia, China has also been able to produce hypersonic missiles capable of destroying enemy military ships. The United States recently announced a successful test-firing of a hypersonic missile. The following is a list of countries that are capable of producing hypersonic missiles, summarized by SINDOnews from various sources.
1. Russia
Russia can be said to be one of the leading countries in the development and manufacture of hypersonic missiles. Even Russia has used hypersonic missiles for the first time in the war against Ukraine on Saturday 19 March 2022.
Russia fires Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missile from Mig 31K fighter aircraft. The Kinzhal missile weighs about 1,000 pounds (480 kilograms) and its warhead can be replaced with a nuclear equivalent of the same weight (480 Kg) and has a blast power equivalent to 100 to 500 kilotons of TNT.
The Kinzhal missile is one of several high-tech weapons Russia launched in 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Kinzhal missile an “ideal weapon” because it could be fired from a Mig 31K fighter.
Also read; The Kinzhal Missile That Made the World Shock, This is the Greatness of Russia’s Hypersonic Weapons
2. United States of America
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The United States, known as Russia’s arch-enemy in the dominance of the military arms race, can be said to be lagging behind in the development of hypersonic missiles. Even the United States lags behind China in hypersonic missile technology, which is capable of flying in orbit.
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