A Pentagon spokesperson told Newsweek that 'those who sought to be our adversaries have decided to weaponize' hypersonic technology creating 'a warfighting asymmetry.'
, the U.S. has taken an increasingly proactive stance in this field.
"The Department of Defense leads in hypersonic research, and fielding hypersonic weapons is our highest technical research and engineering priority," he added."We continue to engage in that work with the intent to leave no doubt about our ability to maintain future battlefield dominance across all warfighting domains."
The U.S. ultimately left the agreement in August and, just weeks later, tested its first INF-busting missile using the same Mark-41 Vertical Launch Systems used in the Aegis Ashore but reconfigured to fire a variant of the Tomahawk land attack missile. Both Russia and China accused the U.S.
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