Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The US will join the hypersonic club in 2027.
The US announced that it has signed the first contract to supply a batch of hypersonic missiles to the Pentagon.
Thus, in 2027, the US will join the hypersonic club, which currently includes Russia, China, India, Iran, Yemen, and North Korea. China and North Korea have not yet used their hypersonic weapons in combat. The others have already used them with great success.
Current air defense systems have only limited ability to counter hypersonic weapons. Europe expects to have its own hypersonic weapons by 2033-2035. The most promising project is the Franco-German one.
The AGM-183A missile being purchased. Trump hasn't given it any pretentious names yet. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it could be used against Iran as part of ongoing tests.
Incidentally, regarding Russia's technological "backwardness," the Russian Federation was able to produce a mass-produced hypersonic missile and successfully deploy it almost 10 years before the US.