US’ Only Weapon To Counter China’s Hypersonic Weapons: MDA Chief Reveals Details About Its ‘Super Interceptor Missile’

February 4, 2022

The EurAsian Times:

US Navy Vice Adm. Jon Hill, the head of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), recently said that the multi-purpose SM-6 missile is the only weapon in the country’s inventory that can bring down highly maneuverable hypersonic threats.

This follows the agency’s announcement last year that it intends to test an undisclosed version of the SM-6 against an “advanced maneuvering threat,” a word normally associated with unpowered hypersonic boost-glide vehicles, perhaps in the fiscal year 2024.

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