If so, Avangard, which flies most of the time in the atmosphere, slows down to 2-3M in the terminal phase, which is a very simple target.
They already stated that during tests it accelerated in the atmosphere from mach 26 to mach 27 so it is clearly powered and if it was a simple target then the US could care less about it... which is the opposite of their actual reaction...
Of course, let them be on Zircon with scramjet ships first. For now there are delays of all weapons. S-500, 955A, T-14, T-50. Zircon will be on ships maybe in 2030. Another test either canceled or failed.
Hahahaha... I remember in the mid 1980s NATO was talking about their new anti armour missile... the Wasp... it was going to be a mini missile that fighters could carry in bulk... about 7 missiles per weapon pylon to counter Soviet numerical tank superiority.... the air defence vehicle Mauler... the Sgt York... a mish mash upgrade of the Duster... a new replacement for the M109 artillery vehicle, several replacements for the Abrams and Bradley, and lets not get started about all the programmes to replace the M16, let alone the M60 machine gun and the M2 HMG... but lets not dwell in the past... the current Zumwalt destroyer is a dog, as is the LCS programme which after about 35 billion being spent on the two programmes the latter is going to be replaced with a very Gorshkov like frigate... fancy that... and to fix the F-35 debacle they are talking about an upgraded F-15... geeze... will they call it Su-35?
And how about a 13 billion dollar aircraft carrier whose lifts and catapults don't work amongst many other things...
The difference is that Russia is able to delay the Su-57 and the T-14 and the S-500 because the MiG-35 and Su-35 and the T-90AM and of course the S-400 and S-350 are all in production and every bit good enough for the job for the next decade anyway... you really can't say the same for the Americans... they needed new frigates and new destroyers and a new carrier, and the aging fighter fleet that was scaled back because they expected to have a lot more operational F-35s in service... but most F-35s are not operational, so I guess they are saving money there too.
And while we are at it... why are they paying 120 million per F-35 when the best and most capable airforce in the world (Israel) can't even fly over Syrian territory with these invisible bringers of death... F-16s can launch stand off weapons from Lebenon much cheaper than they can.