The US wants to “catch up” with what they missed in weapons modernization, the expert said.

“Objectively, the United States sprayed its capabilities during the euphoria of the 90s, they spent money not on upgrading high-quality weapons, but on creating a network of military bases around the world, on waging wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ... During this time, they partially lagged behind, on a huge military budget, ”said Blokhin.

Earlier, Carver said that the United States has long been a leader in hypersonic technology and called for eliminating the “asymmetry of combat capabilities” through the development of hypersonic weapons.