Russia tests its Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile from a ship...

Russia test-launched its Tsirkon hypersonic missile from a ship for the first time when the Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov fired the weapon from the Barents Sea against a ground target in January 🇷🇺⚓️🚀 https://t.co/hPuC1ouBC2

— Naval News (@navalnewscom) February 27, 2020

Wow.  They're moving forward hard on hypersonics.  I thought lasers would be the nullifier to this threat but my audience shot me down (pun intended).

So how do we defend against this threat?  We know that China will either buy the tech from Russia or steal it if they're denied so we have to get ready.