19FortyFive: Cyberattacks May Disable US Missile Defense 
United States Missile Defense (ABM) System May Be Disabled by Cyberattacks … 19FortyFive author Daniel Gour named the main disadvantages of the US missile defense system.
Russia and China are expanding their arsenals of advanced ballistic missiles. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milli noted that hypersonic missiles can maneuver at high speeds. This allows missiles to bypass the missile defense system.
The United States is considering the possibility of creating a special group of sensors HBTSS (Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor), which will track hypersonic targets. This will make it possible to direct existing anti-missiles at hypersonic targets.
Gur notes that cyberattacks can pose a threat to the missile defense system. In the report of the US Accounts Chamber, they pointed out the presence of vulnerabilities in most types of American weapons. Also, security problems were found in the missile defense system. The Inspector General of the US Department of Defense noted a shortage of antivirus software, software vulnerabilities, and a lack of multi-factor authentication mechanisms.
According to Goore, the new Comply-to-Connect (C2C) program of the US Department of Defense will help eliminate the vulnerabilities … It implies the creation of a set of tools that will ensure the tracking of all actions in the missile defense system.
The author of the material stressed that China's progress in creating hypersonic missiles could be a signal for the accelerated implementation of new measures to protect the missile defense system. “It makes no sense to create new sensor networks and weapons systems to counter modern ballistic missile threats, leaving these defenses vulnerable to cybernetic Pearl Harbor,” Gur emphasized.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the successful launch of a hypersonic missile “Zircon”. Ammunition hit a target in the White Sea.