The Pentagon recognized that Russia and China are ahead of the United States in the field of strategic weapons. This on Tuesday, April 27, said the head of the US strategic command Admiral Charles Richardc, writes RIA Novosti.
He noted that the superiority of Russia and China over the United States is very serious. Washington does not cope with Moscow and Beijing intercontinental ballistic missiles Minuteman III, which Admiral called “Relights of the Cold War.”
According to him, these are rockets from the 70s of the last century, it is impossible for them to count in the 2020-2030s. “Many mechanisms and details of these missiles are no longer manufactured (…) they are outdated, companies are unfavorable to make efforts to resume production,” said Richards.
Currently, the US Navy own 18 strategic underwater ohio rockets. On each of them there are 24 rockets of Trident II. Richards concluded that this is still not enough to confront Russia and China.
Admiral said that since last year, new rockets are being developed under the GBSD program (Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent) since last year. Northrop Grumman. The creation of the ICBM was directed from the budget about 13 million dollars.
Without modern, powerful and reliable ICBMs of mine basing USA faces defeat in the Third World War, summed up the head of the strategic command. The United States all this time was engaged in “cosmetic repairs”, while Russia was able to modernize the arsenal of intercontinental missile missiles by 80 percent.
previously became known that military spending in the world for 2020 amounted to almost two trillion dollars, which is 2.6 percent higher than the 2019 indicators. Russia was in the top five leaders. Among the first countries were also the United States, China, India and the United Kingdom.