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US Air Force says it will test bizarre 'hypersonic' weapon this month
space.com ^ | 3/16/21 | Rafi Letzter

Posted on 03/17/2021 9:02:15 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

At some point in the next few weeks, a B-52H bomber will carry a missile high into the air and launch it at an unprecedented velocity toward its target, according to the U.S. Air Force. If everything goes according to plan, that missile will accelerate to more than five times the speed of sound before deploying a dummy second stage that will promptly "disintegrate" somewhere in the atmosphere.

The missile, known as AGM-183A, is supposed to be the first hypersonic weapon β€” or Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) β€” in the U.S. arsenal. It should move so quickly through the atmosphere β€” about 20 times the speed of sound β€” at such low altitudes that it's impossible for enemy missile defense systems to shoot out of the air. And its speed means that it can be useful for destroying "high-value, time-sensitive targets," the Air Force said in a statement.

Hypersonic missile designs, including this one, typically involve two stages.

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: agm183a; arrw; b52h; hypersonicmissile; military; test; usaf
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1 posted on 03/17/2021 9:02:15 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Oh, goodie. πŸ™„


2 posted on 03/17/2021 9:04:16 AM PDT by Lopeover (Biden & Harris are illegitimate.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

[It should move so quickly through the atmosphere β€” about 20 times the speed of sound...]

I’m skeptical. That’s nearly orbital velocity.


3 posted on 03/17/2021 9:05:55 AM PDT by Spirochete
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

AGM-183A, at warp 6 it is capable of time travel.( sarc.)

Joe said so. And the chicken Secy of Defence said so . They think its their big stick to save their transgender military. Their bluff has been called.

Joe doesn’t realize that America is the victim of bio warfare. His supersonic whickety-do will be of no help.

The shots:

https://youtu.be/u7U0zvZl7ck


4 posted on 03/17/2021 9:08:40 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

How do they know this missile identifies as a missile?

Unfortunately , this weaponry is just as likely to be used against American Patriots as it is our enemies.


5 posted on 03/17/2021 9:08:55 AM PDT by Levy78
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“The test has already been delayed, and there are real questions about the technology’s purpose”

LOL


6 posted on 03/17/2021 9:09:22 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

7 posted on 03/17/2021 9:10:08 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Note the use of silly words such as “bizarre”, and the rambling text. This has to have been written by some sort of studies major. We and other nations have been working on the hypersonic problem for at least a decade. But trying to extract any info at all, let alone anything really technical, from this article is fruitless.

File it under “Yahoo or CNN level not news”.


8 posted on 03/17/2021 9:10:57 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Army Air Corps

Ping


9 posted on 03/17/2021 9:11:31 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Biden wouldn't use military force to actually defend America or stop enemy aggression.

His administration has already sided with China and the Terrorists.

10 posted on 03/17/2021 9:14:30 AM PDT by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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To: Da Coyote

I remember people at Livermore talking about hypersonic projectiles in the mid-90s.


11 posted on 03/17/2021 9:15:18 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Spirochete
"It should move so quickly through the atmosphere β€” about 20 times the speed of sound β€” at such low altitudes that it's impossible for enemy missile defense systems to shoot out of the air."

But what if the enemy has a laser defense system? Laser light can travel at over 870,000 times the speed of sound.

12 posted on 03/17/2021 9:16:22 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

At that speed, IT DOESN’T NEED A WARHEAD!.............


13 posted on 03/17/2021 9:19:07 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Nothing’s bizarre about testing technology we are behind on.


14 posted on 03/17/2021 9:20:39 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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15 posted on 03/17/2021 9:23:09 AM PDT by z3n
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Quota-hire writer.


16 posted on 03/17/2021 9:24:23 AM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Carl Vehse

But what if the enemy has a laser defense system? Laser light can travel at over 870,000 times the speed of sound.

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Tracking and fixing a laser on something moving that speed in the upper atmosphere is ridiculous, and you’d be lucky to keep it on target for more than milliseconds at a time, and I could be wrong but I don’t think anyone has a laser with enough power to harm a small target at that distance without a significant interval locked on


17 posted on 03/17/2021 9:25:50 AM PDT by z3n
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To: Red Badger

Rods from God


18 posted on 03/17/2021 9:28:56 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
A friend of mine at the Pentagon just sent me a picture of this new missile being tested. By the way, later this month it will be officially named the β€œB5”, which of course is short for the β€œBiden Big Boom Bunker Buster”.

(Please do not share this picture as it is classified.)

19 posted on 03/17/2021 9:30:29 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Bizarre is the new weird.


20 posted on 03/17/2021 9:31:17 AM PDT by webheart (COVID was not worth the economic misery that it took to keep me from getting it for 7 months..)
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