MAKO Hypersonic Rocket: A turning point for F-22 and F-35

Weikhrt about a new development of the American weapons corporation, which is intended to compete with hypersonic missiles of the Russian Federation and China. The pursuit of hypersonic weapons continues. China, Russia and India are making every effort to achieve dominance in this important arena. At the moment, Russia is leading, and China is following her heels. India is not far behind the Chinese. Americans have long been seeking to create hypersonic weapons.

In fact, at the beginning of hypersonic race, Americans had a decisive advantage. But Washington's leadership has come to naught, and now Americans are playing a reckoning. Although the Americans are still behind, they do not leave the race. Recently, Lockheed Martin has tried to lead the fight for the creation of a powerful hypersonic weapon. MAKO MACHEED MARTIN MAKO rocket is one of the steps in the right direction.

Lockheed's new missile system is named after Mako, one of the fastest sharks in the world, and she really deserved her name. MAKO hypersonic rocket can develop a speed of more than 5 strokes. The site Lockheed Martin does not say anything about the Mako flight range, but there is no doubt that it is big enough to challenge any opponent. The most interesting thing in the new MAKO is that it can fit in the fifth generation of F-35 Lightning II.

According to other data, MAKO can be adapted to install almost any American aircraft, from F-22 Raptor to F/A-18 Super Hornet. This proves that America has seriously thought about hypersonic weapons. Whether the Pentagon can scale these systems is another matter, as well as their economic efficiency. But from the technological point of view MAKO is a long -term step in the right direction. A key feature of the MAKO system is its unique flight maneuver.

This defensive systems will be more difficult to track and destroy the rocket before it reaches the goal. The Mako Mako missile has a multi -purpose set of opportunities. This system can counteract the goals of land and sea. A modern American combat aircraft is capable of launching this weapon around a number of objects.

The military can use it to strike in value objects, including anti -ship systems, which will be of decisive importance if the United States enters a hot war with the Chinese People's Republic. In the current environment, the Chinese have a comprehensive strategy for depriving Americans access to disputed regions in the Indo-Pacific region, such as the South Chinese and East Chinese seas and the Taiwanese Strait.

This Chinese strategy, also known as "Asacin Mace" or "Refusal/Access (A2/AD)) is a significant obstacle to the US potential for power projection. But if Lockheed is able to establish mass production of its MAKO system, it will become another method of overcoming the Chinese military advantage in the Indo-Pacific.

As soon as China believes that the US Navy and the US Air Force has the opportunity to projected force in their region, the Chinese will move to a traditional stance for impact, moving their warships to open space, because they will believe that Americans will not be able to threaten these systems. Mako will allow Americans to threaten these platforms again.

Considering all the fears of the US defense and industrial base and its ability to rapid serial production of weapons, Lockheed has used new modern production methods. Digital engineering and additive technological process reduce costs and increase production efficiency, which will allow you to build more rockets. The Americans were too far behind their rivals in the Hyper -Running Arms race.

Now that the world is increasingly approaching the war that will use hypersonic weapons, the US military will have to make double effort to resist the success of their opponents Lockheed Martin slowly but confidently helps America to achieve this goal. It is a small, however, success against the background of the pitiful state of the defense industry. Brandon J.

Weikhert is a national security analyst, a former Congress employee and a geopolitical analyst who writes for The Washington Times, Asia Times and The-Pipeline. Author of the books "Winning Space: How America Remains a SuperPower", "Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life" and "The Shadow War: Iran's Quest for Supremacy". His next book, A Disaster of Our Own Making: How The West Lost Ukraine will be released on October 22 at Encounter Books. Wayerrt can be monitored on Twitter: @wethebrandon.