That was a genuinely well done high school level presentation. But thinking that you are addressing my issue by posting it actually shows that you don’t understand the problem. The MIT paper compares the strategic merits of hypersonic missile technology and ballistic missile technology. That is entirely beside the point. The Russian technology is for tactical use at ranges up to about 1,500 km, but usually much shorter distances. We have no defense against them, and, consequently, the UFA has no defense against them. This is an enormous vulnerability because current anti-missile systems are fairly effective against conventional tactical missiles. I don’t doubt that at some point there will be defenses, but there will not be in any time frame relevant to this war.
The US has yet to successfully test a hypersonic missile. The Russian systems are fully tested, operational, deployed, and effective. This alone should give you pause about claiming the Russians are “primitive”. While Soviet technology was way behind ours in most respects, in the last 20 years the Russians have caught up and, in some cases, surpassed us. The Chinese are also ahead of us in hypersonics, although the claims of achieving Mach 30, or even Mach 22, are ridiculous. It is likely, though, that they have serviceable anti-ship hypersonic missiles. The relevance for now of the hypersonics with respect to our navy is that, with no current known defense against hypersonics, our carrier battle groups are very inviting targets. As a practical matter, in a war with Russia (or perhaps China) our carrier battle groups would have to stand off beyond the distance of the missiles. In the case of the Russian missiles, that means that the carrier airpower would be unusable in the conflict unless we want to run a high probability risk of losing the carrier and the group.
“High-shcool level presentation” Uh-huh ...
Some context. This article is from 2019, but relevant to discussing the problem - Incoming: Can Aircraft Carriers Survive Hypersonic Weapons?
And this article from AIRFORCE MAGAZINE, Jan. 19, 2022 puts a bit of a damper on your suppositions:
Hypersonic Defense - How Hypersonic Weapons Maneuver and What to do About it https://www.airforcemag.com/article/hypersonics-defense/
More articles on the subject.
Don’t believe the hype around Russia’s hypersonic Kinzhal missile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSPoF7IIefU
The US May Mave Just Taken the Lead in Scramjet Hypersonic Missiles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vXJU3wADDU
Is America Really Losing the Hypersonic Arms Race?
https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/is-america-really-losing-the-hypersonic-arms-race/
AND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckrpVT5jS5Q
The Future is Hypersonic: An interview with Hermeus COO Skyler Shuford - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaz7wAHzOR4
The Groundbreaking Hypersonic Missiles America has in the Works https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/the-groundbreaking-hypersonic-missiles-america-has-in-the-works/
The Hypersonic Weapons Russia and China Have in Service -
https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/here-are-all-hypersonic-weapons-russia-and-china-have-in-service/
Too many posters on FR have adopted a “surrender / give-up” attitude so entrenched that it makes me wonder wether they are American or French.