US missile defense (PRO) will not be able to protect the country in the event of a massive strike. Those shells that are available to Russia are more than enough to level the United States with the ground. This was written by the American magazine National Interest.. Currently, the Russian army and navy are armed with 528 land-based and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.. For the destruction of the United States as a state, only a small part of them will be needed, says the publication. The Pentagon constantly praises its missile defense system and sends it "for export" to the countries of Europe and Asia. However, in reality she is very vulnerable. In the event of a real threat, the system developed in the United States will be able to knock down missiles that were launched by small powers, such as the DPRK.. Overseas programs to protect against ballistic missiles were created in the last century. At that time, the missiles were other, much less accurate, maneuverable and destructive. Now "no sane person" will believe in the possibility of the existence of a system that allows intercepting all warheads approaching with a speed 20 times faster than the speed of sound. Therefore, the United States does not have and never will have a sufficient system of protection against missiles, the authors of the publication give a verdict. Things are so bad that in order to defeat the States, Russia will not even have to uncover the newest avant-garde supersonic missiles, which President Vladimir Putin announced in the spring.. Avant-garde missiles are capable of flying at hypersonic speeds in the dense layers of the atmosphere to the intercontinental range. In the summer, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the start of mass production of these warheads.. Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are already conducting training for servicing new missiles, reminds TV channel "360". Not only Russia, but also China is a potential threat to the States.. Beijing, like Moscow, went far ahead of Washington in the production of hypersonic weapons. The other day, the Chinese army presented its own hypersonic missiles SM-401. According to American experts, the novelty can negate the efforts of the US Navy to protect its aircraft carrier groups in the Asia-Pacific region. The rocket not only flies with space speed over a long distance, but is also capable of maneuvering no worse than the Russian Iskander. And because the Americans can not bring it down.