Recently, the United States and Russia have repeatedly "shown each other" the achievements of the construction of new strategic weapons around the world. US media said that the US military will set up a missile test zone in the Pacific Ocean to organize new missile launch experiments, including hypersonic weapons. The Russian army is also preparing for the launch test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile to "cheer up the strategic nuclear exercise". The high-profile "mutual muscle show" between the two countries is not only the epitome of the upgrading of the strategic game between the two sides, but also reflects that asymmetric combat power has become the focus of competition among countries. MiG-31 interceptor with dagger hypersonic missile Accelerate the testing of new weapons In early October, the strategic nuclear submarine "North devonsk" of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy successfully launched "zircon" hypersonic cruise missiles (hereinafter referred to as "zircon" missiles) from the surface and underwater for two consecutive days. As the first hypersonic weapon of the Russian navy, "zircon" missile has the ability to attack large ship clusters and land high-value targets, with a hit accuracy of less than 10 meters. It is suitable for sea-based platforms such as missile cruisers, frigates and nuclear submarines. The Russian Ministry of defense also released the construction of air-based "dagger" hypersonic missiles and land-based "pioneer" hypersonic missiles. Among them, the first "pioneer" missile regiment of the strategic rocket army is about to run at full capacity. The missile takes the intercontinental ballistic missile as the carrier and has a range of 10000 kilometers. The "dagger" hypersonic missile is known as the "Iskander" in the air. In the future, it will be equipped with the aviation division of the Russian Western military region and the naval aviation unit of the Northern Fleet. The 21st mixed aviation division of the central Russian military region will be equipped with Su-34 bombers and MiG-31 interceptors that can carry "dagger" hypersonic missiles. In addition to hypersonic weapons, Russia also released the news of the service of the first S-500 anti missile and air defense brigade in the same period. The brigade is deployed near Moscow and belongs to the first air defense and anti missile group army of the air and space army. S-500 air defense system is equipped with 77n6 high-speed anti missile missile. It is the world's first defense system capable of intercepting hypersonic missiles. The assembly and deployment time is no more than 10 minutes. The US military has also further accelerated the testing of new strategic weapons. In addition to receiving hypersonic weapon related facilities, the United States has recently conducted several hypersonic inspiratory weapon concept project tests. The US air force is accelerating the R & D and application of hypersonic vehicle layout technology, hydrocarbon fuel scramjet propulsion system technology and thermal management system technology. The US army recently released the latest hypersonic weapon system - "combat firepower" concept map. The system was jointly developed by the US Army and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and will be tested in an integrated flight by the end of this year. The US military claims that this ground launch system can enable hypersonic boost glide missiles to penetrate the opponent's modern air defense system and quickly hit time sensitive targets. In addition, the United States recently established a no fly zone near the kwajalin shooting range in the Marshall Islands for missile launching activities. According to external analysis, judging from the location of the missile launch site, the United States may continue to carry out hypersonic weapon launch tests or new strategic missile tests to speed up the process of technology research and development in this field. The United States and Russia have their own abacus During the same period, the United States and Russia demonstrated the achievements of new strategic weapons construction, which means a strong sense of strategic deterrence, and is intended to improve asymmetric combat capability and increase strategic game chips. Against the background that the overall military strength is at a disadvantage, the Russian army plans to create an asymmetric advantage by accelerating the performance test and loading progress of hypersonic weapons. As planned, the "zircon" missile has completed four surface ship tests. It is currently in the national test stage and will be put into service as soon as next year. It can not only improve the proportion of modernization of Russian military weapons and equipment, but also help to achieve the goal of building a hypersonic Arsenal as soon as possible put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In addition, with the reduction of national defense budget year by year, on the basis of stabilizing the scale of conventional forces and weapons, Russia has taken strategic strike weapons and new concept weapons as an important means to check and balance the West. In particular, hypersonic weapons have strong damage ability and controllable cost, and are not limited by the new strategic arms reduction treaty. They are Russia's "trump card" to maintain asymmetric advantages. The United States is the first country in the world to develop hypersonic weapons. At present, it is still developing and even spreading hypersonic missile technology, and has invested trillions of dollars to upgrade its "Trinity" nuclear power. The United States believes that it is still the owner of the world's core military technology and needs to strengthen its strategic deterrence against Russia and other countries by displaying new strategic weapons to maintain its absolute military dominance. In addition, the United States also hopes to increase its chips in the next arms control negotiations by demonstrating its military strength. With the expiration of the US Russian "China missile defense treaty", the new strategic arms reduction treaty has become the only effective arms control treaty between the two nuclear powers. In mid October, US Deputy Secretary of state Newland visited Russia for strategic dialogue with Russia on arms control and other issues. Strategic game continues to add weight It is reported that the contest in the field of hypersonic weapon research and development is only the epitome of the escalating strategic game between the United States and Russia in recent times. Earlier, the US Air Force announced the decommissioning of 17 B-1B strategic bombers to make room for the new generation of b-21 strategic bombers. The Russian army immediately announced that the second beifengzhishen - A-class strategic nuclear submarine "Archduke Oleg" would be put into service, further accelerating the service speed of the submarine. Russia also announced that the first in-depth improved tu-160m2 strategic bomber has started national test and will be delivered before the end of the year. The final design of the new generation stealth strategic bomber was also approved by the Ministry of defense. Russian media commented that in the next three years, the Russian space force strategic strike platform will be close to the US space-based nuclear arsenal in terms of quantity and quality. In addition, the United States has successively launched "minuteman-3" land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles and "trident-2d5le" submarine launched intercontinental ballistic missiles in the past two months. In October, the US Department of Defense announced that through the development of new strategic weapon systems and the upgrading of existing systems, the US strategic deterrence capability can be extended to 2084. Immediately after that, the Russian army announced that it would launch the salmat intercontinental ballistic missile again before the end of the year to ensure its scheduled service next year. The missile uses liquid fuel and can carry 10 to 15 sub missile nuclear warheads with a payload of 10 tons. The Russian navy has deployed a "Haiyan" nuclear powered cruise missile launcher on Xindi island in the Arctic. The special nuclear submarine carrying the "Poseidon" nuclear powered unmanned submarine will also enter service at the end of the year. Foreign media commented that with the increasing strategic game between the United States and Russia, the competition between the two sides in terms of new strategic weapons will be further carried out, and the international arms control situation is not optimistic. (outlook new era)