Famous HRC last words “At this point, what difference does it make?”
Let’s see…Russia has them everywhere, U.S. has them almost nowhere. NATO is poking the bear. Bear sends nuclear-capable IRBM into Ukraine as a message. 2 NATO countries (UK & France) suggest sending in their troops on the ground in Ukraine. Does that about sum up where we are now?
They probably already have that in place, employing directed energy weapons (which may be the only thing that can stop hypersonic delivery systems). But if they dont, I think you are right and we should have such a program in place with these upgraded defensive capabilities. Our country is in a unique position to take full advantage of that, buying us critical time to take out incoming threats, since we are buffered on all four sides by two oceans, a north pole w/ Canada air space, and southern Mexican air space.