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UK, Australia And US Agree To ‘accelerate Development’ On Hypersonic Missile Technology – Sky News

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April 6, 2022
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The UK, US and Australia have stepped up their defence partnership by agreeing to work together on hypersonic and anti-hypersonic weaponry.

The Australia-UK-US – or AUKUS – deal announced last September initially focused on sharing nuclear submarine development in the Pacific at a time of growing concern over China.

Now the three countries have also turned their attention to Russia and added new areas of co-operation – including on hypersonic weapon technology, which is said to have been used recently by Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine.

This photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, shows a MiG-31K fighter of the Russian air force carrying a Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile parked at an air field during a military drills. The Russian military on Friday announced massive drills of its strategic nuclear forces. Russian President Vladimir Putin will personally oversee Saturday's exercise, which will involve multiple practice launches of intercontinental ballistic mis

Image: Russia says it has used hypersonic weapons in Ukraine

In a progress update issued jointly by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a “free and open Indo-Pacific”.

They added: “In light of Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified and unlawful invasion of Ukraine, we reiterated our unwavering commitment to an international system that respects human rights, the rule of law, and the peaceful resolution of disputes free from coercion.”

The statement committed the countries to work together on hypersonics and counter-hypersonics as well as electronic warfare capabilities, while also expanding information sharing and deepening co-operation on defence innovation.

It comes after Russia said that it had deployed its “Kinzhal” hypersonic missile in Ukraine – a weapon that can fly at 10 times the speed of sound and cannot be reliably tracked or intercepted at that speed by any current defence system.

The US and China have tested hypersonic weapons and North Korea has claimed to have done so.

Reacting to the deal, China’s UN ambassador warned against measures that could fuel a crisis like the Ukraine conflict in other parts of the world.

Zhang Jun said: “Anyone who does not want to see the Ukrainian crisis should refrain from doing things which may lead the other parts of the world into a crisis like this.

“As the Chinese saying goes: if you do not like it, do not impose it against the others.”

In America, the $773bn budget request for 2023 submitted by the Pentagon last week includes $4.7bn for research and development of hypersonic weapons.

A missile is launched during what state media said was a hypersonic missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea

Image: North Korea claims to have carried out a hypersonic missile test

The US and Australia already have a hypersonic weapon programme called SCIFiRE and British officials said that

though Britain would not join that programme at this point, the three countries would work together on research and development in the area to increase their options.

The latest joint AUKUS statement said they would seek “to accelerate development of advanced hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities”.

It also said the countries were pleased with progress in the partnership’s initial plan to help the Australian navy procure a multiple fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.

Last month, Mr Morrison announced a plan to set up a new submarine base on the east coast of Australia.

London, Washington and Canberra are also seeking to work together in cyber and quantum technologies as well as artificial intelligence and robot submarines – all also areas in which Western democracies are racing rival powers to gain the upper hand.

The initial announcement of the AUKUS pact caused outrage in Paris, as the submarine deal supplanted a previous plan for France to supply Australia with diesel-electric boats.

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