Posted on 12/16/2022 8:33:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Air Force successfully fired an air-to-ground hypersonic missile that reached speeds more than five times the speed of sound in a test off the southern California coast, officials said Monday.
The test of the All-Up-Round AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon on Friday was the first launch of a full prototype operational missile, the Air Force said in a press release.
The missile was released from a B-52H Stratofortress and detonated in the terminal area, showing "all objectives were met," according to the release.
"The ARRW team successfully designed and tested an air-launched hypersonic missile in five years," said Brig. Gen. Jason Bartolomei, Armament Directorate Program executive officer. "I am immensely proud of the tenacity and dedication this team has shown to provide a vital capability to our warfighter."
The 412th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, executed the ARRW test flight, officials said.
ARRW is designed to "enable the U.S. to hold fixed, high-value, time-sensitive targets at risk in contested environments," according to the release.
In October, the Army and Navy collected data on their hypersonic missile programs during tests at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The Army is aiming to have offensive hypersonic strike capability ready by next year. The Missile Defense Agency is also taking part in testing for the development of systems to combat adversaries' hypersonic weapons.
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A few billion more for a military that can’t protect our own borders.
Big ego waste of money.
So? 3 or 4 hundred travelling at Mach 3 would have a better chance at success for about the same price. Drones are cheap now.
Can't?
ROFL!!!
The Army goes where the politicians tell it to go. Don't blame the Army, blame the politicians you elected.
This place is turning into "Code Pink Republic".
Oh great. Are we going to fill these missiles with billions of dollars so they’ll get to Ukraine even quicker?
The old girls are still getting the job done.
Almost as fast as the ammunition bullet cartridges joementia mentioned being shot from AR-15s. 10x the speed of locomotives. Or something. He’s daily like a bocks of chalklettes. You just never know. Except it’ll be cranky. 🤔😉👍
They can damn well speak up about the need to protect our borders. What do you think we're paying them for? To put on drag shows while waiting for orders>
Using big text doesn’t make your point valid.
Wonder what it looks like on radar a blip?.
OK, tell me why none of these folks can speak up about defending OUR borders?
And weapon systems?
We both know there’s lots of things they DO speak up about... but NONE of it has to do with protecting the country... ever.
Biden left over a hundred billions of dollars worth of weapons when he ran out of Afghanistan. Leaving cutting edge high tech weapons for China to reverse engineer and for our enemies to use against us. One Sarge spoke up and he was drummed out of the Marines. I
‘m tired of paying for corrupt intelligence idiots to have bragging rights for the illusion of power.
Biden left over a hundred billions of dollars worth of weapons when he ran out of Afghanistan.
Please outline Joe Biden's illustrious military career for me. Tell me his rank upon graduation from a military academy; his meteoric rise from O1 to his present lofty position ...
Oh, yeah ... he's just another damned politician.
OK, you win the above. But tell me why no one in the military - or retired from the military - will speak up about protecting OUR borders.
I am a little shocked we didn’t have these LOOOOONG ago!
what the heck? I figured it was just secret! I figured we had these the stealth missiles for ages!!!
If we don’t... WTH have we been spending our military budget on!?!?!
That's a false premise. Big Media doesn't give a platform to people who speak about protecting OUR borders.
Beyond that ... Since WWI, our military has been geared toward fighting foreign wars. The last time our military was engaged actively in border protection involved GEN Pershing and Pancho Villa. America has treated border protection as a law enforcement rather than military problem for a century. Even Trump treated it as a law enforcement problem. Pres. Bush tried sending Marines (IIRC) to the border in Texas; it didn't turn out well. Making border protection a military problem (again) is going to require a change of attitude at the top. That is, the President. And we're back to politicians, as we should be. Change the political leadership, then you can change the Army's tasking and mindset.
Long and skinny.
Don’t know if it can even track that fast.
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