MOSCOW: Washington is offended because Moscow has got significantly ahead of it in development of advanced hypersonic weapons, and Americ...
MOSCOW: Washington is offended because Moscow has got significantly ahead of it in development of advanced hypersonic weapons, and American attempts to catch up have not been too efficient so far, Russian Foreign Ministry Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department Director Vladimir Yermakov told TASS Monday.
"The US is obviously offended that Russia has got seriously ahead in development and commissioning of advanced hypersonic weapons. Meanwhile, American attempts to remove this backlog have been inefficient so far," the diplomat noted.
However, Yermakov underscored, Russia has "no illusions."
"The US still remains a high-tech country with the largest military budget, and, one day, a portion of their hypersonic projects will be finalized. But, as President Putin noted in this regard, our specialists might come up with something else in the meantime," he continued.
Yermakov noted that Moscow "is not obsessed with the ‘hypersonic race’."
"Based on the existing defense goals and the evolving threats, we will continue to calmly and gradually perfect our weapons, based on the principle of reasonable sufficiency," he concluded.
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